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The Great Awakening
This was a religious revival among the colonies, which resulted in a new dedication to religion and an understanding of power was in people's hands, not the church. -
Treaty of Paris
Signed to end the seven years wars, and British wins and gains control of Canada. -
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American Revolution
War of Indepence fought between Great Britian and the 13 colonies. -
Mason Dixon line
The line that was drawn to serve as a boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland. Evenually it would be the line between the North and South in the Civil War. -
Boston Tea Party
Political Protest against British tax, where colonists borderd ships disguised as Indians and dumped tea overboard. -
Declaration of Independence
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Declaration of Independence
It was approved by the Continental Congress, announcing the separation of the colonies from Great Britain and an explanation. -
Articles of Confederation
The first Constitution of the United States. It was an agreement among the colonies and served as a frame of government. -
George Washington
The first president of the United States and also a founding father. -
Bill of Rights
Consists of the first ten amendments in the Constitution, stating individual Americans' rights in relation to the government. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invited the cotton gin which increased the demand for slave labor and the growth of the cotton economy in the South. -
Fugitive Slave Act
This act was enacted by Congress and gave local governments the authority to seize and return any runaway slaves who crossed into other states, back to their owners.