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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta/Great Charter
-King John of England agreed to the demands
-described rights and liberties http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/magna_carta/ -
Jan 1, 1500
Mercantilism
-promoted government regulation of a nations economy
-contained many interlocking principles http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/375578/mercantilism
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Jamestown Colony
-Virginia Company explorers landed on Jamestown Island
-in 1893, Jamestown was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Barney www.historyisfun.org/jamestown-settlement.htm
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House of Burgesses
-first session cut short from the outbreak of malaria
-there were 22 members
-set a minimum price for the sale of tabacco http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/houseofburgesses.htm
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Mayflower Compact
-there were 41 memebers
-first written laws for new land http://www.allabouthistory.org/mayflower-compact.htm
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
-adopted representatives of Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor
-Thomas Hooker, John Haynes, and Roger Ludlow www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0819884.html
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Culpeper's Rebellion
-1677-1679
-early popular uprising against proprietary ruling
-British Navigation Acts http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/146100/Culpepers-Rebellion
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French and Indian War
-name given to American theatre of a massive conflict involving Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Sweden
-battled for colonial domination of North America
-1689-1763 http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/frin.htm
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English Bill of Rights
-move from rule of man to rule of law
-precursor to the American Bill of Rights http://www.duhaime.org/LawMuseum/LawArticle-110/1689-The-English-Bill-of-Rights.aspx
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Plymoth Colony
-many settlers stayed on the Mayflower
-Squanto taught them how to plant corn http://www.history.com/topics/plymouth
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Salem Witch Trials
-June through September 1962
-19 men and women convicted of using witch craft
-hung on Gallows Hill http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_ACCT.HTM -
First Great Awakening
-spiritual renewal
-18th century
-Wesley Brothers and George Whitefield http://www.great-awakening.com/?page_id=12
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Albany Plan of Union
-place British colonies under more centralized government
-"JOIN or DIE" http://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/AlbanyPlan -
Proclamation line of 1763
-removed ominous barriers and opened new opportunities for colonists
-defined 4 new colonies http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.htm -
Pontiac's Rebellion
-1763-1766
-British traders lacked reputation for fairness
-English dominance made Indians move http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h598.html -
Sugar/Revenue Act of 1764
-required to pay tax on 6 pence per gallon of molasses
-hurt British West Indies market http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.htm
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Stamp Act
-Announced to become effective on November 1st.
-Announced by Prime Minister George Greenville http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h642.html
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Virginia Resolves
-resolves on Stamp Act
-House of Burgess came to this conclusion www.constitution.org/bcp/vir_res1765.htm
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Sons of Liberty
-shoekeepers and artisians
-Loyal Nine
-Andrew Oliver found hanging from a tree http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sons.htm
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Townsend Act
-Placed taxes on British products
-Charles Townshend was the chancellor http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-repeal-hated-townshend-act
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Boston Massacre
-Incident between citizen and soldier
-Soldier and local merchant; struck by butt of musket during confrontation http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h644.html
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Gaspee Incident
-under way to Providence
-55 men, led by John Brown planned an attack on the ship http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/gaspee.htm
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Committees of Correspondence
-Virginia assembly met
-communicate with other olonies http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9781577180999_chunk_g97815771809995_ss1-227
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Tea Act
-launched final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston
-undercut the business of local merchants http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htm
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Boston Tea Party
-Massachusetts Patriots protested the monopoly on American tea importation
-seized 342 chests of tea http://www.history.com/topics/boston-tea-party
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Intolerable Acts
-spent money on troops and equipment
-merchants lost large sums of money http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/intolerable.htm
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First Continental Congress
-September 5-October 26, 1774
-met in Carpenter's Hall in Philly.
-all colonies sent delegates except for Georgia http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/congress.htm
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Edenton Tea Party
-Penelope Barker organized the women that participated
-51 women http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/commentary/50/entry -
Second Continental Congress
-assembled at State House in Philly
-first meeting was on the same date as the Americal capture of Fort Ticonderoga http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h656.html
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Mecklenburg Resolves
-laws originating from king were voided
-actions of royal military were suspended http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1269.html -
Halifax Resolves
-by Fourth Provincial Congress of NC
-first instructions by any colony that authorized its delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence from Great Britain http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/halifax-resolves-april-12-1776.html#ixzz1ks7WZIyU -
Declaration of Independence
-Jefferson drafted it between June 11th and 28th
-he submitted the drafts to Adams and Franklin
-the approved copy was printed on July 5th http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=2
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Articles of Confederation
-John Dickson was a priciple writer of the Constitution
-ratification by all 13 states was necessary to set the Confederation into motion http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=3
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Federalist/Anti-Federalist Papers
-1781-1815
-Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
-Virginia, Rhode Island, and North Carolina http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/constitution/section3.rhtml
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Treaty of Paris 1783
-officially ended the Revolutionary War
-set new boarders for U.S. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/treatyofparis1783def.htm
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Land Ordinance of 1785
-adopted by US congress
-layed land policy until the Homestead Act in 1862 http://www.in.gov/history/2478.htm
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Shay's Rebellion
-many farmers suffered from high dept while trying to start new farms
-most intense in rural and new areas in Massachusetts http://www.ushistory.org/us/15a.asp
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Constitutional Convention
-Independence Hall in Philly was the first opening location
-opened 11 days later that planned because slow arrival of delegates http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h368.html
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Land Ordinance of 1787
-adopted by Congress of Confederation
-for the Western colonies http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0836802.html
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Whiskey Rebellion
-1791-1794
-George Washington led 13,000 men http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_was_the_Whiskey_Rebellion_date
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Glorious Revolution
-imported a new Protestant king and queen
-William of Orange was Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic http://faculty.ucc.edu/egh-damerow/glorious_revolution.htm
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