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"Rebel" slaves killed 9 white colonists. In turn, 21 enslaved people were executed and 6 more committed suicide from fear.
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The Great Awakening was a religious experience that began in England. Colonists desired to strip themselves of their worldly possessions and return to a pious lifestyle.
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A group of slaves began a march toward Florida. They were stopped by militia.
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Two slaves told their master of a plan for rebellion. 32 black men and 5 poor white men were executed for their involvement. 70 more men were deported.
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The Currency Acts restricted the use of paper money
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The war between Britain and France resulted in Great Britain gaining French land in America.
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Pontiac and 300 warriors plotted an attack on Ft. Detroit.
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King George forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Parliament placed taxes on Sugar
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Required paper documents to be printed on paper that had been stamped to show that the duty had been paid
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The Virginia Resolve declared that colonists were entitled to all liberties, privileges, franchises, and immunities possess by people of Great Britain.
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The Declaratory Act repealed the Stamp Act and asserts that Parliament had the power and authority to make laws.
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The Townshend Acts created customs duties for common goods
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Parliament used the Regulating Act and the Tea Act to bankrupt the East India Company, forcing them to rely on Great Britain to bail them out.
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The Boston Port Act shut down the harbor to trade
Massachusetts Government Act put colonial governments under British Control
Administration of Justice Act allowed British official to be tried in Britain rather than the colonies
The quartering Act allowed the British army to quarter soldiers in colonists' homes. -
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Congress voted on a resolution calling on all colonies to establish revolutionary governments
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The treaty turned a colonial rebellion into a global war as fighting between the British and French
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delegates from twelve of the thirteen states met to discuss revising the Articles of Confederation
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To prevent foreclosures on farms and land, protesters blocked courthouses so that judges could not issue foreclosures.
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The Federalist Papers were written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the pen name Publius.
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Congress announced that a majority of states had ratified the Constitution and that the document was now in effect
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Congress approved a 20 year bank charter for the Band of the US.
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Citizens began to protest the tax on Whiskey by attacking tax collectors.
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John Jay signed a “treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation” with the British.
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Alexander Hamilton proposed a federal excise tax on the production, sale, and consumption of a number of goods, including whiskey
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These acts intended to keep the French from compromising America’s resistance