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Led by Nathaniel Bacon against Governor Williams for refusing Bacon's request to drive native American Indians out of Virginia. -
The Enlightenment emphasized reason and science over superstition and faith -
Fought between France and Great Britain to determine control of the colonial territory of North America. -
Prohibited American colonists from settling on French land. -
Requires colonists to pay taxes for a stamp or other papers, documents, and cards. -
A meeting was held in New York City to petition the king of England and the Stamp Act. -
Initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier but quickly escalated into a chaotic bloody slaughter. -
The first major military campaign of the Revolutionary War resulted in an American victory and militia support for the anti-British cause. -
there are three headwaters to the American government these headwaters are judeo-Christian, enlightenment, and common law. -
created a sovereign national government and limited the rights of the states to conduct their own diplomacy and foreign policy. -
The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation and was written in 1787. -
Washington implemented a strong well-financed national government while remaining impartial in a fierce rivalry between cabinet members Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. -
This tradition suggested that Judaism progressed into Christianity. -
The type of law is established by particular cases compared to law that uses statutes as its guide. Built upon looking at prior cases to inform the judge's opinion.