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creation of Assembly in Delaware
Delaware's charter in 1701 allowed three of its colonies to create Assemblies. -
Board of Trade
In 1706, Board of Trade ordered the officials to veto any paper issues. -
Boston printing topped by Philadelphia
Piladelphia overtook Boston in printing in 1723 -
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The First Great Awakening
the Protestant revival in Britain and the 13 Colonies. People also started to turn to God more. -
Georgia's charter
in 1732, Georgia receives a charter. -
Johnathan Edwards' congregation got violent
In the winter of 1734, Edwards' sermons started to make his congregation get violent -
The Walking Purchase
In 1737, Native leaders to Delaware agreed to sell what one man could walk in one day. -
The Stono Rebellion
In 1739, 20 slaves rebelled and marched towards the Spanish for freedom. They killed 2 shopkeepers after raiding for guns. -
law to kill slaves legally
In 1740, a law was passed in South Carolina that made it legal to kill a rebellious slave. -
James Davenport lied to his congregation
James Davenport, in 1742, told his congregation that he had special knowledge from God and in order to be saved, they either dance and sing in the streets naked or burn all the books he disapproved of. -
Slavery legal in America
by 1750, slavery was legal in all the colonies. -
Georgia allows partial form slavery
Georgia allows partial form of slavery in the 1750s. -
Act against paper money by colonists
Parliament passed an act in 1751 that made businesses refuse colonist's paper money as a viable currency. -
french diplomat killed
A group of colonists, led by George Washington, killed a French diplomat, which started the seven year's war -
Benjamin Franklin suggested the colonies union and form a defense
Benjamin Franklin suggested to the Albany Congress that the colonies Union together and form defenses across the continent -
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Seven Year's War
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Georgia becomes royal
Georgia becomes a royal colony in 1755. -
Seven Year's War begins in Europe
in 1756, the Seven Year's War begins in Europe when British-allied Frederick II of Prussia invaded the neutral state of Saxony. -
Quakers disowned slave traders
Quakers in Philidelphia disowned people who participated in the slave trade -
Colonist question their ties
during 1760, the colonists began to question their ties to Britain. -
The Royal Proclamation of 1763
King George III forbade the colonists to settle West of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
Britain enacted the Sugar Act to put a tax on sugar and enforced the tax on molasses -
Stamp Act
All printed material must have a stamp that costs money. -
Sons of Liberty
By 1766, the Sons of Liberty were present in every colony to organize events, like the protests against the stamp distributors. -
Townsend Acts
Multiple acts that taxed a variety of things -
Boston Massacre
A protest that led to five colonist deaths. -
Tea Act
Britain set a tax on tea. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists dressed up like Indians and dumped an equivalent today of $4 million loss of tea into the Boston harbor -
Intolerable Acts
Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party by passing a series of Acts know as the Intolerable Acts. -
End of the First Continental Congress meeting
The End of the First Continental Congress meeting on September 5, 1774 -
Second Continental Congress meeting
The Continental Congress met for the second time. -
American revolution begins
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Dunmore's Proclamation of 1775
recruited black slaves into the war for the British by freeing slaves that escaped their masters and joined the British army. -
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine wrote "Common Sense" in 1776 which sold over 150 thousand copies and encouraged the American Revolution. -
State Constitutions of 1776 and 1777
These were made as an aftermath of winning the war -
Declaration of Independence
Congress approved the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 -
British captures the Hudson River
General John Burgoyne moves from Canada to capture the Hudson
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British has Philadelphia and New York
British maintained control of Philadelphia and New York. -
French join the War
French join the Americans in the revolution and fight the British in America and Europe. -
Articles of Confederation
Continental Congress created the Articles of Confederation in 1781 -
The American Revolution ends
The Americans won the Revolution with the help of France, Spain ], and Holland on September 3,1783. -
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Shay's Rebellion
Farmers mad about the debt and property foreclosers the government was issuing. Protested at courthouses mainly. -
Constitutional Convention
12 of the 13 states met at Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation in the summer of 1787. -
The Dirty Compromise
The Slave trade would continue for 20 more years, but Georgia and South Carolina had to support the constitutional clause that made it easier to pass commercial legislation. -
federalist papers
federalist papers, written by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton, were published in newspapers -
French revolution
Americans heard about the French revolting against their king. They figured they inspired others in Europe. -
First Bank of US approved
Congress approved the charter for the first bank of the United States in 1791. -
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Whiskey Rebellion
Farmers rebelled against the tax set on whiskey. -
Anti-Federalist = Nothing
Anti-federalist would mean virtually nothing after Washington was elected. -
John's Treaty
In November 1794, John Jay signed a “treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation” with the British. Jay’s Treaty, required Britain to abandon its military positions in the Northwest Territory. -
French attacked American trade ships
The French Government authorized their ships to attack American trade ships -
Alien and Sedition Acts
These tried to prevent french spies and supervisors from helping French and harming America. These Acts also harmed people who disapproved the president and the federalist party.