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Raw materials for England
Gave England further cause to establish more colonies
Saved Colony economically -
Setup Plymouth Massachusetts
Mayflower Compact -
Renamed in 1664
port of entry
ship building etc. -
John Winthrop
Royal Charter
Provision for local government
City upon a Hill -
Calvert/ Lord Baltimore
Act of Toleration (not tolerant) -
Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson
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Thomas Hooker
New Haven
Hartford -
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representative government
legislature of popular vote
governor by legislauter -
military alliance vs. Native Americans
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All goods exported by English ships
only trade sugar, cotton, tobacco, wood, pitch, and tar -
allowed certain people to retain church privelages w/o becoming official members
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Unload cargo upon arriving in England for taxation
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manufacturing
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banned factoris in the colonies
banned export of woolen products -
Western Virginian came under Native American attack
Nathaniel Bacon leads rebellion
Attacked peaceful Indian camps and government buildings -
William Penn
Safe haven for persecuted
Quaker -
Combined New york, New Jersey, and others
Sir Edmund Andros= governor
levied taxes, limited town meetings,revoked land titles -
Puritan accusations of witchcraft
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elicit an emotional response
development of democratic thought
demand for religious freedom -
Protection for South Carolina
Oversized Debtors prison
James Oglethorpe -
Curtail colonial trade w/ West Indies
rarely enforced -
John Peter Zenger
criticized New york's royal governor
Andrew Hamilton (lawyer)
gave more freedom to press -
seven colonies
provided for an intercolonial government
system for recruiting troops and colleting taxes -
French built forts in Ohio River Valley
George Washington sent to stop forts
Washington attacks
French and Indians retaliate
British Win etc. -
Peace treaty ending F&I war
GB Got French Canada and Spanish Florida -
British= low opinion of colonial military effort, disorderly, refused to contribute
Colonial: confidence in themselves, unity -
Chief Pontiac led a major attack against colonial settlements
British sent troops to deal with the rebellion instead of colonial troops -
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Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains
hoped to prevent future hostilities
Amerians denied from access to western lands -
duties on foreign sugar (luxury tax)
stricter enforcement of the Navigation Acts
tried in admiralty courts -
Required colonists to provide food and living quarters for b/ritish soldiers
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Revenue stamps be placed on most printed paper in the colonies (legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, advertisemnets, cards)
First direct tax -
Representatives from nine Colonies
only elected representatives had the legal authority toapprove taxes -
Repeal the Stamp Act
Face saving measure
asserted that parliament had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies -
New duties on colonial tea, glass, and paper
raised to pay crown officials
search of private homes
writ of assistance
suspended New York's assembly -
urged various colonies to petition Parliament
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5 people killed after harassing guards
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Colonists set fire to a british customs ship
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made the price of British East india Company tea cheaper
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Port Act: Closed the port of boston, prohibiting trade until tea was paid for
Massachusetts Government Act: reduced teh power of massachusetts legislature
Administration of Justice Act: royal officials tried in England
Quartering act: same as before
Quebec Act: organized Canadian lands (CATHOLICISM) -
Determine how the colonies should react to british acts
no desire for independence
restore relationship
Suffolk Resolves: rejected intolerable Acts
made military preparations
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
Meeting of Second Congress in 1775 -
First shots of Revolution
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Declaration of the Causes and Necessities for taking up Arms (Troops)
Olive Branch Petition (rejected) -
Breed's hill
British victory, but with heavy losses -
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British army surrender
persuaded France to join (Franco-American Alliance) -
Washington forced surrender of British Army
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Britain would recognize US independence
Mississippi River would be the western boundary
Americans would have fishing rights off the coast of Canada
Americans would pay back their debts -
Captain Daniel Shays
led farmers against high state taxes, imprisonment for debtm and lack of paper money
state milita broke the rebellion