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1215
Magna Carta
English law that limited the power of the king and gave more power to rich men -
James town
First English colony to settle -
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southern colonies formed
1 religious freedom
2 rocky soil, Atlantic coast, forest, long harsh winter.
3 puritans and pilgrams. -
Virginia house of burgess
they were the first form of representative government in america -
may flower compact
first written contract in america promised to stick together. -
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southern colonies
1 economic trade and expanding trade
2 harsh winter and fertile soil
3 anglican -
fundemental orderss of conecticut
one of the first forms of Representative government. -
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Middle colonies
1 economic opportunities and religious and political freedom
2 fertile soil flat lands and plains shorter winters
3 quakers -
merchantilisam
raw materials for England which then sold back to the colonists.
Americans felt violated their freedom to trade with other countries -
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French and indian war
1 french and native american vs Great Britain.
2 increased debt in Great Britain.
3 increased taxes on american colonists -
proclimation line
A line set after the french and Indian war, stopping colonists from moving west.
they believed they could move west if they wanted to -
Stamp act
1 it was a tax that made Americans pay for the debt that they needed to pay off cause the french/Indian war
2 they had to pay a lot of tax for a war they didn't fight -
stamp act congress
first meeting between colonies.
discuss there problems with the king of England -
Boston massaccer
Colonist threw objects at the soldier and they shot by accident.
crisps Attucks was one of the 5 colonists who got shot -
boston tea party
tax on tea.
the sons of liberty.
disguised themselves as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston harbor -
coercive
set to punish the colonist for their protest.
banned town meetings.
they had the first Continental Congress -
first continental congress
they met to discuss the grudge they had with great Britain.
they wanted to be apart of great Britain again. -
battle of Lexington and concord
the revolutionary war.
paul revere started the revolutionary war.
it was the first shot of the war. -
second continental congress
george washingten.
decleration of independence.
ben franklin, john adams, jefferson. -
battle of saratoga
american won.
spain and france backed american colonies. -
winter of valley forge
1 the leader was george washington.
2 they died cause of the cold and they lacked supplies to keep them healthy. -
Battle of york town
1 Frenchmen (marquis de Lafayette
2 France
3 The British surrendered -
Battle of york town
1 Frenchmen lafayette.
2 british surrenderd. -
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articales of confederation
weak national goverment -
treaty of paris
became are own country. -
3/5 comprimice
for every 5 slaves only 3 count. -
the great compromice
each state has equal representation.
representative based on state population.
senate each state gets 2NJ plan -
constitutional convention
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, john Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
federalist paper
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and in favor of ratification -
anti federalist paper
thomas jefferson, patrick henry.
against ratifying the constitution.
did not give the states enough rights. -
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George Washington
setup the advisers to the cabinet -
whisky rebellion
A protest to fix tax that was placed after the constitution was written -
pinckney's treaty
a treaty signed with Spain to allow the us to trade in new orland -
George Washington farewell letter
no political parties and stay neutral of fore an affairs. -
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john Adams presidency
First that claimed political parties and the leader of the federal government.
He passed the aliens and sedition act. -
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Thomas Jefferson presidency
he was a leader of a Democratic party ( state rights ).
Deceleration of independence.
He was sent onto the Barbary war. -
Louisiana purchase
it was bought by Thomas Jefferson
Doubled the size of u s a -
marbury vs Madison
setup judicial review
m and m -
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James Madison presidency
The War of 1812 -
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James Monroe’s Presidency
The Monroe Doctrine sent an agreement to Europe that they could NOT colonize the Americas