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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta/Great Charter
Info: --King John was forced into signing the charter because it greatly reduced the power he held as the King of England and allowed for the formation of a powerful parliament
--The purpose of the Magna Carta was to curb the King and make him govern by the old English laws that had prevailed before the Normans came INFO:http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/magna-carta.htm
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Jan 1, 1500
Mercantilism
Info: --economic theory and practice common in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century
-- it promoted governmental regulation of a nation’s economy for the purpose of argumenting state power at the expense of rival national powers INFO:http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/375578/mercantilism
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Jamestown Colony
Info: --in that spot on the James River that English colonization began and with it, the history of America
--One of the main crops grown by the English settlers was tobacco, which they sold to Native Americans and to people back in England INFO:http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/jamestown.htm
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House of Burgess
Info: --empowered to enact legislation for the Virginia colony
--it was the first such assembly in America
--had 22 members representative of the larger plantations and later representative of the counties INFO:http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1151.html
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Mayflower Compact
Info: --Mayflower Compact was signed by 41 men aboard their ship
--It was recognized as the first written laws of the new land, the laws were adhered to until 1691
--by drafting the Mayflower Compact, entered into an agreement with each other and their faith establishing rules of honesty and fairness INFO:http://www.surfnetkids.com/go/421/facts-about-the-mayflower-compact/
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Plymouth Colony
Info: --America's first permanent Puritan settlement
--they set sail from Plymouth, England aboard the Mayflower on Sept. 16, 1620
--The Mayflower dropped anchor near present-day Provincetown on Nov. 21, 1620, and 41 male passengers signed the Mayflower Compact INFO:http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/plymouth/
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Info: --Thomas Hooker, John Haynes, and Roger Ludlow were most influential in framing the document
--the basic law of the Connecticut colony from 1639 to 1662 INFO:http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0819884.html
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Culpepper's Rebellion
Info: --caused by the efforts of the proprietary government to enforce the British Navigation acts
--Led by John Culpeper and George Durant, the rebels imprisoned Miller and other officials, convened a legislature of their own INFO:http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/146100/Culpepers-Rebellion
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Glorious Revolution
Info: --the overthrow of King James II of England
--also called the Revolution of 1688
--William's successful invasion of England with a Dutch fleet and army led to his ascending the English throne INFO:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution
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English Bill of Rights
Info: --This bill was a precursor to the American Bill of Rights
--it limited the right to raise money through taxation to Parliament
--An Act for declaring the rights and liberties of the subject and settling the succession of the crown INFO:http://bessel.org/billrts.htm
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Salem Witch Trials
Info: --More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the Devil's magic—and 20 were executed
--All three women were brought before the local magistrates and interrogated for several days
--June 10 was when the first person was hanged on Gallows Hill INFO:http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/brief-salem.html
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First Great Awakening
Info: --The Great Awakening was a period of great revivalism that spread throughout the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s
--The Great Awakening arose at a time when man in Europe and the American colonies were questioning the role of the individual in religion and society INFO:http://americanhistory.about.com/od/colonialamerica/p/great_awakening.htm
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French and Indian War
Info: --The conflict was played out in Europe, India, and North America
--The English did ultimately come to dominate the colonial outposts, but at a cost so staggering that the resulting debt nearly destroyed the English government INFO:http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/frin.htm -
Albany Plan of Union
Info: --Under this plan each colonial legislature would elect delegates to an American continental assembly presided over by a royal governor
--In June 1754 delegates from most of the northern colonies and representatives from the Six Iroquois Nations met in Albany INFO:http://www.constitution.org/bcp/albany.htm
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Pontiac's Rebellion
Info: --Native American uprising against the British just after the close of the French and Indian Wars
--The French attitude toward the Native Americans was a cause
--Another cause was the English aroused the resentment of the Western tribes by treating them arrogantly, refusing to supply them with ammunition INFO:http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0860470.html
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Proclamtion Line of 1763
Info: --The proclamation closed off the frontier to colonial expansion
--The King and his council presented the proclamation as a measure to calm the fears of the Indians INFO:http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.htm
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Sugar/Revenue Act of 1764
Info: --caused immediate economic hardship in New England and the Middle Colonies
--Rum distilling slumped badly and colonial exports overall dropped sharply
--The list of taxable items was expanded far beyond sugar — specified wines and cloth, coffee, tropical foods and silk were now subject to importation duties INFO:http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1211.html -
Stamp Act
Info: --Imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used
--The money collected was to be used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier
--Was a direct attempt by England to raise money in the colonies without the approval INFO:http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm
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Virginia Resolves
Info: --Patrick Henry introduced six resolutions, which were adopted by the Virginia House of Burgesses on 30 May 1765
--the resolutions were for the stamp act that was passed INFO:http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401804424.html
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Sons of Liberty
Info: --a group of shopkeepers and artisans who called themselves The Loyal Nine, began preparing for agitation against the Stamp Act
--Their most popular objective was to force Stamp Distributors throughout the colonies to resign INFO:http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sons.htm
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Townsend Act
Info: --Parliament decided to reduce property tax
--imposed duties on importation of such articles as lead, glass, paint, tea, and paper
--provided for the maintenance of the American Board of Customs Commissioners in Boston INFO:http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Townsend+Act
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Boston Massacre
Info: --The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars
--It was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts INFO:http://www.bostonmassacre.net/
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Gaspee Incident
Info: --a ship that was set on fire by John Brown
--no one was ever charged for the crime INFO:http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/americanrevolution/Gaspee.htm
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Committees of Correspondence
Info: --The Committees of Correspondence were formed throughout the colonies as a means of coordinating action against Great Britain
--Many were formed by the legislatures of the respective colonies, others by extra-governmental associations such as the Sons of Liberty in the various colonies INFO:http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/coc.htm
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Tea Act
Info: --launched the final spark o the revolutionary movement in Boston
--designed to prop up the East India company which was burdened with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea
--the tea was not shipped and in some places the tea was dumped into the harbor INFO:http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htm
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Boston Tea Party
Info: --Boston Harbor was shut down
--the sons of liberty organized this
--happened at Griffin Wharf INFO:http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/boston-tea-party-facts
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Intolerable Acts
Info: --the port of Boston was closed until the colonists paid for the destroyed tea
--the royal govenor culd ban town meetings
--British offcials accused of crimes would stand in trial in British instead of in Massachusetts INFO:http://mrberlin.com/images/products/detail/Intolerable_Acts_thumb.1.png
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First Continental Congress
Info: --All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates
--The colonies presented there were united in a determination to show a combined authority to Great Britain, but their aims were not uniform at all
--The first matter to be considered by all was A Plan of Union of Great Britain and the Colonies INFO:http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/congress.htm
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Edenton Tea Party
Info: --was one of the earliest organized women’s political actions in United States history
--Together they formed an alliance wholeheartedly supporting the American cause against “taxation without representation" INFO:http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/commentary/50/entry
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Mecklenburg Resolves
Info: --which are new laws that will govern the now independent Mecklenburgers
--Even those who doubt the existence of the "Meck Dec" cannot deny the Mecklenburg Resolves INFO:http://www.cmstory.org/history/timeline/default.asp?tp=4&ev=47
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Second Continental Congress
Info: --delegates from each colony except Georgia initially attended the Second Continental Congress
--Congress created the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, and named George Washington as Commander-in-Chief
--Congress authorized the first printing of American money INFO:http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=471&view=quick-facts
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Halifax Resolves
Info: --The Resolves were the very first instructions by any colony that authorized its delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence from Great Britain
--The resolution calling for a declaration of independence was presented to Congress by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia and hence is called the Lee Resolution INFO:http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/halifax-resolves-april-12-1776.html
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Declaration of Independence
Info: --The United States Declaration of Independence declared that the Thirteen Colonies in North America we “free and independent states"
--The Declaration of Independence is considered to be the founding document of the United States of America INFO:http://www.independencedayfun.com/269/facts-about-the-declaration-of-independence/
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Federalists/Anti-Federalists Papers
Info: --The Anti-Federalists did not want to ratify because it gave too much power to the national government at the expense of the state governments
--The Federalists, on the other hand, had answers to all of the Anti-Federalist complaints which were that The separation of powers into three independent branches protected the rights of the people INFO:http://library.thinkquest.org/11572/creation/framing/feds.html
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Articles of Confederation
Info: --The first constitution in our nation's history
--It had no power of national taxation, no power to control trade, and it provided for a comparatively weak executive
--The Articles of Confederation's greatest weakness, however, was that it had no direct origin in the people themselves–it knew only state sovereignty INFO:http://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-articles-confederation/
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Treaty of Paris 1783
Info: --Treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War
--Britain agreed to remove all of its troops from the new nation
--The treaty also set new borders for the United States, including all land from the Great Lakes on the north to Florida on the south, and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River INFO:http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/treatyofparis1783def.htm
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Land Oridance of 1785
Info: --set forth how the government of the United States would measure, divide and distribute the land it had acquired from Great Britain
--Each township was to be square, each side of the square was to be six miles in length INFO:http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1472
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Shay's Rebellion
Info: --led by Daniel Shays, was a protest over these direct taxes and other economic and political problems faced by farmers of Western Massachusetts
--The rebellion more than anything emphasized the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and that the states were too democratic in nature INFO:http://www.history1700s.com/articles/article1120.shtml
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Constitutional Convention
Info: --55 delegates from the several states met to frame a Constitution for a federal republic that would last into "remote futurity"
--The Constitution was the product of political compromise after long and often rancorous debates over issues such as states’ rights INFO:http://www.britannica.com/facts/5/738097/Constitutional-Convention-as-discussed-in-Constitution-of-the-United-States-of-America
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Land Ordinance of 1787
Info: --It created the Northwest Territory and is frequently called the Northwest Ordinance
--adopted by the Congress of Confederation for the government of the Western territories ceded to the United States by the states INFO:http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0836802.html
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Whiskey Rebellion
Info: --In 1794 thousands of farmers in western Pennsylvania took up arms in opposition to the enforcement of a federal law
--By extinguishing the Whiskey Rebellion, the U.S. government withstood a formidable challenge to its sovereignty INFO:http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Whiskey_Rebellion.aspx
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