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Jun 12, 1215
Magna Carta/Great Charter
-King John had to sign it
-it establishes the pricinpal that no one is above law
-created a new group of government called the parliament, the legislative group of the government -
Jan 1, 1500
Mercantilism
-a reaction aganist the economic problems of earlier times when states were too weak to guide their economy and when every town levied it sown tariffson goods paasing throught boardes -
Jamestown colony est.
-first perment english settlement
-Fort in 1607
-became a town in 1619 -
House of Burgess
-first representative assembly in the colonies that helped birng the colonies in order
-first governor was George Yeardly
-members of house of burgesses were a governor, his council, and 6 representative -
Mayflower Compact
- written agreement composed by a consensus of the new settlers arriving in the new world -drawn up with fair and equalm laws for the general good of the settlement
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Fundamental orders of Connecticut
-basic law of Connecticut colony from 1639 to 1662
-adopted on Jan 14,1639
-the first written constitution that shaped the government of United States -
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Culpeper's rebellion
-uprising aganist propritetary rule in the Albemarie County
-was in reponse a variety of complaints about the government -
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Glorious Revolution
-bloodless
-depositon of King James II, Willaiam and Mary to the english Throne
-victory of the Parliament over the King -
English Bill Of Rights
-One of the basic document of english constituion law along with Magna Carta
-A large statement of certiain rights that a citizen ought to have in a democratic society -
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Salem Witch Trial
-19 men and women were witch crafted
-men over 18 were killed under haevy stone for refusing to be a witch -
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First Great awakening
-was a spiritual renewal that swept the American colonies during the 1st half of the 18th cenutry
-profound impact on the US -
Albany Plan of Union
- plan to place the British , NOrth american colonies under a more centralized government -plan adopted on July 19
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French and Indian war
-also known as the seven years war
-Countries involved were France, Great Britain, Sweden, and Prussia
-conflicting countries were in Europe, India, and North America -
Proclamation line of 1763
-acknowledged that indians owned the land on which they were than residing and while settlers on the area were to be removed -
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Pontiac's Rebellion
-Native Americans warriors attack the British force at Detoit
-got all Indians tribes and drove the British soldiers out of their region -
Sugar/Revenue Act
-tax of sixpence per gallon on non-british sugar
-enforce cause of economic hardship in England -
Sugar/Revenue
-tax on sixpence per gallon on non-British sugar
-Enforce cause of economic hardship in England -
Sons of Liberty
-a group of shopkeepers and artisans who called themselves "the royal nine"
-group lead by Samuel Adams -
Stamp Act
-tax on all Americans
-money was use to protect the Americans frontier
-everything was being taxed -
Virginia resolves
-defined as Virginia response to the British Parliament for the Stamp Act
-created by Virginia General Assembly
-the legislative branch of the common wealth -
Townsend Act
-An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantation in America
-Tax was on basic goods like tea,glass,paper,and etc -
Boston Massacre
-killing of 5 colonist by the british regulars
-presence of british troops in the city of boston wars unwelcome
-rolt began when 50 citizen attacked a british sential
-5 killed,8 wounded, 2 died after the attack -
Gaspee Incident
-gaspee were chasing a merchant ship believed to be smuggling goods
-next night a group of men boarded the gaspee and sett the boat on fire -
Committees of Correspondence
-formed throughtout the colonies as a mean of coordinating as a mean action aganist Great Britain
-many formed by legislative of repective colonies others by extra government associlation -
Tea Act
-passed by parliament
-East India Company had a monoploy to ship tea to the colonies
-this act impose new taxes -
Boston Tea party
-colonist refuse to buy tea
-smuggled tea from Holland and left the east India Company with unsold tea
-dumped 45 tons of tea into the Boston Harbor -
Intolerable act
-governement spent a lot of money on troops and equipment to subjugate Massachusetts
-British merchants lost huge amount of money on looted,spoiled,and destoryed goods shipped on the colonies -
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Frist Cotinental congress
- Met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia
- all colonies sent delegates except for Georgia -Determined to show combined authority to Great Britain
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Edenton Tea Party
-earliest organized women's political action
-they formed an alliance whole haertly supporting the American cause"taxation without representation" -
Second Contnential Congrees
-Met in the State House of Philadelphia
-Battle of Lexington and Concord
-new english milita were still in Boston trying to drive the British out
-Elected George Washington as Commander in Cheif of the continental army -
Mecklenburg Resolves
-sometimes refer to as the Mecklenburg Declarartion
-proclamied that laws originated from Great Britain are null and void -
Haifax resolves
-Passed by fourth provinical congress
-1st instructions by any colony that authorized it's delegate to the coontinental congressto wote for independece from Great Britain -
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Declaration of Independence
-drafted by Thomas Jefferson
-adopted on July 4, 1776
-announced that the 13 colonies were now independent states -
Articles of Confederation
- consider to the first constituion of the U.S -established a firm leauge friendship among all the 13 colonies -ratified on March 1,1781
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Treaty of Paris
-signed between American colonies and Great Britain
-ending the American Revolutionary war
-recognized the colonies as the United States as an idependent nation -
Land Ordinace of 1785
-established a method for the survey and sale western lands
-compromise solution -
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Shay's Rebellion
-was an armed rising that took place in Massachusetts
-Named after Daniel Shay -
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Constitution convention
-State house of Philladelphia
-55 delegates from each state came to frame a constitution for a federal republic -
Fedralist/Anti-Federalist Papers
-ratification 1789
-arguments in favor of opposing the constitution,Bill of Rights , and other legal documents -
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Whiskey Rebellion
-First test of the federal authority in the young republic
-deminstrated the willing and ability of the federal government to enforce it's law
