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1215
Magna carta
limited the power of the king and gave rich men more rights -
Jamestown founded
first English colony in america.colonized to sell tabacoo -
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southern colonies founding
economic reasons.Harsh winters,fertile soils . Christian -
Virginian house of burgess
first representative government set up in america -
Mayflower Compact
First written contract written in america -
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New England colonies formed
to escape or to have religions freedom.Rocky soil,Long winters,Forest. Puritans and pilgrims -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
was one of the first representative government in america creates an idea for the founders of the revolution -
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Middle colonies formed
economy grow cash crops,Quakers.Fertile soils flat lands and plans,shorter winters -
Mercantilism
system between Great British its colonies,They got mad because they felt violated their freedom -
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French and Indian war
french and native Americans vs Great Britain war,Increased the dept and increased taxes on the american cloinsts -
Proclamation line
to set on after the french and Indian war,They got anger because British colonies to the east -
Stamp act
first to placed on the american colonies to pay back to the dept,to be printed paper -
Stamp Act congress
meeting between multiples colonies,they discuss about the problems with the king England -
Boston massacre
protesting the taxes,5 colonists -
Boston tea party
to protest the tea act which put tax on the tea,son of liberty Samuel Adams and the leader was Samuel Adams too -
Coercive (intolerable) Acts
set to punish the colonies for their protests,allowed British soldiers to be housed ,they respond by banned town meetings -
First Continental Congress
they meet to from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia,was fighting and was dependent on the British for military supplies -
Battle of Lexington and concord
first battle of the revolution "shot heard around the world" -
Common Sense
it was helped spread the world about the colonies should become independent it was written by Thomas Paine -
Second continental congress
George Washington,Ben Franklin,John Adams,Thomas Jefferson
they decided to daft the declaration of independents -
Winter of the valley forge
George Washington.died due to freezing condtions -
Battle of Saratoga
the outcome was the truing point,they got back the rebelling the France and Spain, it was the truing point because the north won -
Battle of yorktown
french man helped,Marquis de Lafayette.Battle ended -
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Articles of Confederation
there weakness was tax money -
treaty of paris
gave the american colonies Independence and set new boundaries -
Constitutional convention
who wrote the constitution that authors where James Madsion and Thomas Jefferson -
the great compromise
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3/5 compromise
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Federalist papers
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Anti-Federalists papers
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George Washington presidency
he setup the president CABINET of advisers -
Whiskey Rebellion
a protest to the first tax was placed after the constitution was written.President George Washington with his military -
pinckney's treaty
a treaty signed with Spain to allow the U.S to trade in New Orleans -
Washington's Farewell address
Stay NEUTRAL in foreign affairs
Political parties -
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John Adams Presidency
First president to clam a POLITICAL PARTY
he was a leader of the federalist party
Allowed the central(federal) government to imprison you if you were from a foreign country -
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Thomas Jefferson's Presidency
He was a leader of the Democratic-republican Party (states rights)
Barbary pirates,this was the first official war the u.s was involved in and was the first time our Navy was used -
Louisiana Purchase
this doubled the size of the u.s -
Marybury v. Madison
set up judicial review