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The sentiment of the Great Awakening is that everyone is equal in the eyes of God. some ministers started a spiritual renewal. They asked people to look into themselves for solutions, treat your slaves well and Christianize them.
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Slaves broke into a store and took ammunition and weapons and killed the storekeeper. They made their way south, killing whites and acquiring blacks into their army along the way. Eventually they were dispersed and most were executed.
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English officials are allowed to search any home without warrant
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The first tax imposed on the colonies. Its purpose was to raise revenue through the colonial customs service and to give customs agents more power and latitude with respect to executing seizures and enforcing customs law.
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Made it so the colonies couldn't make or issue local currency.
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Required colonists to provide housing for troops in public buildings, food and drinks.
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imposed a direct tax on the colonies that required most printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London.
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It stated that the British had the same taxing authority in America as they do in Great Britain.
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It taxed most anything that was imported.
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People were taunting the British soldiers and that caused them to open fire on the civilians. killing 5 and injuring more.
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Acts made by the British in response to what the Colonies have done. They closed Boston’s port after the Boston Tea Party to all trade until they repaid the cost of the tea. Council is appointed by king from now on, no town meetings without governor’s approval, and governor appoints judges and sheriffs. Governors could send someone on trial to England or another colony to be tried.
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British East India Company almost went bankrupt so to bail them out, Britain let them ship to the colonies directly.
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A bunch of rebels dressed as Indians, escorted customs officers off the boat, and dumped all the tea into the Boston Harbor.
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Wanted to achieve unity and get rid of the Intolerable Acts. Wrote a Declaration of Rights
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Hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere sounded the alarm, and militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the British.
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They met after the Battle of Lexington and Concord. One of the reasons they met was to try and stop war with Britain with the Olive Branch Petition but it was not received well by King George
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George Washington's first win against the British.
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This battle convinced France to start helping us fight Britain.
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Was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution.
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The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by King George III and representatives of the United States of America. It ended the American Revolutionary War. The treaty set the boundaries between the British Empire and the U.S.
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A rebellion that was comprised of farmers who opposed state economic policies causing poverty and property foreclosures.
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Several ordinances enacted by Congress for the purpose of establishing orderly and equitable procedures for the settlement and political incorporation of the Northwest Territory
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Created the federal court system
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12 amendments are signed into law