ELI STAAR 8

By elro1497
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    Magna Carta

    Limited the rights of Kings and gave more rights to rich white men
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    Southern colonies formed

    main reason for settling economic and james town
    geography:fertile soils harsh winters
    main religions: Roman Catholics , Anglican

  • Virginia House of Burgess

    first form of Representative in america

  • Mayflower compact

    first written contract promise the pilgrims made to stick together
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    New England colonies

    reason for settling:religious freedom
    Mayflower compact

  • Fundamental orders of Connecticut

    one of the first forms of representative of governments
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    Middle colonies formed

    reason for settling: religious freedom/economy
    geography: Flat land , Fertile lands
    Religion: Quaker

  • Mercantilism

    Economic system between Great Britain and its colonies.American colonies provided raw materials for England

  • Proclamation line

    sent British colonies to the east, and french and native Americans to the west of Apache land

  • Stamp act

    made Americans pay for debt made by french and Indian war
    they did this to pay off debt

  • Stamp act congress

    First meeting between multiple colonies to discuss their problems with the king of England.

  • Boston Massacre

    Americans protested the taxes, British soldiers got things and threw them at the people which resulted in the death of 5 colonists

  • Boston Tea Party

    to protest the tea act the sons of liberty went in disguise to throw the tea into the Boston harbor

  • Coercive (intolerable) acts

    set to punish the colonies for their protests

  • First Continental congress

    12 colonies came together to discuss their problems with great Britain

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    First battle of the revolution "shot heard around the world"
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    Common sense

    helped spread the word about why the colonies should be independent

  • second Continental congress

    George Washington became commander of the army

  • Battle of Saratoga

    turning point of the war for Americans , after they won

  • washington farewell adress

    no political parties

  • Constitutional convention

    a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution

  • The Great Compromise

    an agreement made during the constitutional convention

  • 3/5 Compromise

    was when several groups of slaves were considered 3/5

  • Federalist papers

    Made by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton

  • Anti-Federalist papers

    a collective name given to the works written by the founding fathers
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    George Washington's presidency

    created presidential advisers cabnet

  • Whiskey Rebellion

    A protest to the first tax
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    John Adams presidency

    first president to claim a political party
    he passed aliens and sedation act
    allowed government to imprison you if you were from foreign country
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    thomas jefferson presidency

  • Louisiana Purchase

    this doubled the size of the U.S

  • Marbury Vs Madison

    what did the supreme court set up: judicial review