Jesse STAAR 5

By JesseFigueroa5
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    Magna Carta

    Limited the power of the king of england .Gave more rights

  • Jamestown

    First Successful english colony in america.Founded for tobacco profit.
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    Southern Colonies Formed

    Profit off tobacco(cash crops)was the reason for settlement geography was fertile soil & flat land
    Anglican christian and roman catholic

  • Virginia House of Burgess

    First representative government in america.

  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    Form of representative government in american colonies

  • Mayflower Compact

    The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the Mayflower, consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen.
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    French and Indian War

    French and Native Americans VS Great Britain .
    Increased debt for Great Britain
    Taxes on American colonists

  • Mercantilism

    Economic system between Great Britain And its colonies,American colonies provided raw materials for england ,which then sold the finish products back to the colonies. Americans felt it violated their freedom to trade with other countries.

  • Proclamation Line

    Line set on the line after the French and Indian War
    Colonists believed they had the right to settle in ohio River Valley

  • Stamp Act

    The stamp act required a stamp to be put on printed paper products
    Placing taxes on the American colonies.

  • Stamp Act Congress

    First meeting
    Their problems with the king of england.

  • Second Continental Congress

    George Washington became commander of the army
    They discussed the declaration of independence
    Ben Franklin,John Adams,Thomas Jefferson,they decided to draft the Declaration of independence.

  • Declaration of Independence

    John Adams,Benjamin Franklin,Robert Sherman,Robert Luiz Maston
    July 4, 1776
    John Locke
    Laid Colonists grievances with Great Britain
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    George Washingtons Presidency

    He set up the presidential cabinet.

  • Whiskey Rebellion

    A protest to the first tax was placed after the constitution was written.
    President George Washington shut it down with the milleterty.

  • Pinckney's Treaty

    A treaty signed with Spain ro allow the U.S. to trade in New orleans.

  • Washington Farewell ddress

    Stay neutral in foreign affairs and Political parties
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    John Adams Preseidency

    First president to claim a Political Party.
    He was a leader of the federalist.
    Allowed the center a government to imprison you if you were from a foreign country.
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    Thomas Jefferson's Presidency

    He was the leader of the Democratic-republican Party(states rights)
    Barbary Pirates,This was the first official war that the U.S. was involved in.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Jefferson bought the louisiana Purchase.

  • Marbury V. Madison

    They set up the principle of judicial Review.