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End of the French and Indian War
It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France,both sides were supported by military units from their parent countries as well as by american Indian allies -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Launched by a loose confederation of elements of native american tribes who were dissatisfied with British postwar policies in the great lakes region -
Paxton Boys attack Pennsylvania Indians
57 drunken settlers from Paxton, Pennsylvania slaughtered 20 innocent and defenseless Conestoga Indians,near Lancaster, Pennsylvania with other Naive Americans who has been pillaging and scalping -
Proclamation of 1763
By King George III following great Britain's acquisition of french territory in north america after the end of the french and Indian war/seven years' war -
Sugar act
A revenue-raising act passed by the parliament of great Britain -
Stamp Act
An act of the parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the thirteen colonies and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper -
Townshend acts
A series of British acts of parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 and relating to the British in north america -
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
A treaty between native Americans and great Britain, it was negotiated between sir William Johnson his deputy George croghan and representatives of the six nations -
Boston Massacre
When the British Army soldiers shot and killed five people while under attack by a mob. -
Somerset decision
A famous judgement of the court of king's bench which held that chattel slavery was unsupported by the common law in england and wales although the position elsewhere in the british empire was left ambiguous -
Boston Tea Party
A political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty, purpose was to protest British parliament's tax on tea "No taxation without representation" -
Tea act
An act of the parliament of great Britain,the principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British east India company in its London warehouses and to help the financially struggling company survive -
First Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies who met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania early in the American Revolution -
Intolerable acts
Punitive laws passed by the British parliament after the Boston tea party -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Was during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary war. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Second Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies that started meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Common Sense
Pamphlet that argued that the colonists should free themselves from the British rule and establish an independent government based on Enlightenment ideals -
Declaration of Independence
The formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain -
Battle of Trenton
A small but pivotal battle during the american revolutionary war -
Articles of Confederation
An agreement among the thirteen original sates of the United States of America that served as its first constitution -
Battle of Saratoga
Marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War -
Treaty of Alliance
A defensive alliance between France and the United States of America which promised mutual military support in case fighting should break out between French and British forces -
Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington
A decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops,ended the last major campaign of the Revolutionary War -
Treaty of Paris (American Revolution)
Was signed in Pars by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America which ended the American Revolutionary War -
Newburgh conspiracy
what appeared to be a planned military coup by the continental army -
Annapolis Convention
A meeting of commissioners to remedy defects of the federal government was a political convention -
Shays' Rebellion
An armed uprising in Massachusetts mostly in and around Springfield. american revolutionary war veteran Daniel shays led four thousand rebels in a protest against perceived economic and civil rights injustices -
Constitutional Convention
A gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution -
Northwest Ordinance
The second continental congress,chartered a government for the northwest territory provided a method of admitting new states to the union from the territory and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory -
The federalist papers published
A collection of 85 articles ans essays written by Alexander Hamilton,James Madison,and John Jay under the pseudonym to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution -
Election(inauguration) of George Washington
The inauguration marked the commencement of the first four-year term of George Washington as President -
Beginning of the French Revolution
A period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies -
Washington DC chosen as the capital
President Washington retained Pierre Charles L'Enfant a french engineer and former officer in the continental army to design and lay out the new capital city -
Hamilton's first report on public credit
Called for payment in full on all government debts as the foundation for establishing government credit -
Bill of Rights ratified
The 10 amendments were ratified thus becoming a part of the constitution -
First Bank of the United States Chartered
A national bank chartered for a term of twenty years by the united states congress, it followed the bank of north america the nation's first central bank -
Hamilton's Report on manufactures
The third major report and magnum opus of american founding father and first U.S. treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton -
Citizen Genet affair
Incident precipitated by the military adventurism of citizen Edmond-Charles Genet a minister to the united states dispatched by the revolutionary girondist regime of the new french republic which at the time was at war with great Britain and Spain -
Whiskey Rebellion
A tax protest in the united states during the presidency of George Washington ultimately under the command of revolutionary war veteran major James McFarlane -
Battle of Fallen timbers
The final battle of the northwest Indian war a struggle between native american tribes affiliated with the western confederacy including support from the British led by captain alexander mckillop against the united states for control of the northwest territory -
Pinckney's Treaty
Established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain -
Treaty of Greenville
Following the native american loss at the battle of fallen timbers a year earlier -
Jay's Treaty
A treaty between the united states and great Britain that averted war resolved issues remaining since the treaty of Paris of 1783 -
Election of John Adams
The third quadrennial presidential election -
XYZ Affair
A diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited undeclared war known as the Quasi-war U.S. and french negotiators restored peace with the convention of 1800 -
Alien and Sedition Acts
A series of laws known collectively were passed by the federalist congress and signed into law by president adams,these laws included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote -
Quasi-War with France
An undeclared war fought almost entirely at sea between the United States and France -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
The fourth united states presidential election -
Judiciary Act of 1800
Reduced the size of the supreme court from the six justices to five and eliminated the justices' circuit duties,to replace the justices on circuit the act created sixteen judgeships for six judicial circuits
