Safwan STAAR Social Studies

By SafwanSiddiqui04
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    Magna Carta

    Limited the power of the king and gave rich men more rights

  • Jamestown Founded

    First English colony in America. Colonized to sell Tobacco
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    southern colonies formed

    economic reasons-Jamestown was founded
    Fertile Soil,Harsh Winters
    Anglican(Christians)

  • Virginia House of Burgess

    first representative government set up in america

  • Mayflower Compact

    First written contract in USA
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    new England colonies formed

    Escape from religions persecution-Mayflower Compact
    Rocky Soils,Long Winters
    Puritan,Pilgrims

  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    one of the first representative governments in america
    creates an idea for the founders of the revolution
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    middle colonies formed

    Cash Crops,religious freedom
    Fertile Soil,Flat Lands,Shorter WInters
    Quakers

  • Mercantilism

    Economic system between Great Britain and it's colonies
    Violated their freedom to trade
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    French and Indian War

    Britain and Indians
    Because Britain wanted territory west of great Britain
    Increased their debt
    Caused them to increase taxes

  • Proclamation Line

    The line that split Britain and native Americans
    Because they lost land

  • Stamp Act

    A tax on American colonies to pay back debt
    Because their required to put a stamp on printed paper products

  • Stamp Act Congress

    First meeting between colonies
    Problems with the King of England

  • Boston Massacre

    Caused by taxes
    the first death of the revolutionary war
    5 deaths
    Crisp Attacks
    5 Colonists

  • Boston Tea Party

    A tax imported goods
    Son of liberty
    Dumped tea into the Boston Harbour

  • Coercive (Intolerable) Acts

    Because it was set up to punish colonists
    Town Meetings
    Allowed British soldiers to be housed in colonists homes

  • First Continental Congress

    Discuss their problem with Great Britain
    They wanted to be with Great Britain again

  • Battle of Lexington & Concord

    Because they tried to arrest the Sons of Liberty
    Paul Revere
    Because t began the Revolutionary War
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    Common Sense

    Thomas Paine
    Helped spread the word about how colonists should become independent

  • Second Continental Congress

    George Washington
    Deceleration of Independence

  • Deceleration of Independence

    Thomas Jefferson,Benjamin Franklin,John Adams
    Thomas Jefferson
    July 4,1776
    John Locke
    Laid out grievances with Great Britain

  • Battle of Saratoga

    -American won
    -Spain and France began to back the rebelling colonies

  • Winter at Valley Forge

    -George Washington
    -Freezing conditions and lack of supplies

  • John Adams' Presidency

    -First President to claim a POLITICAL PARTY
    -He was a leader of the federalist party(strong central government)
    -The alien and sedation acts allowed the central(federal)government to imprison you if you were from a foreign country

  • Battle of Yorktown

    Marquis de Lafayette
    -British Surrendered

  • Treaty of Paris

    Ended the revolutionary war and gave the American Colonies independence and set new boundaries

  • 3/5 Comprimise

    Each slave would count as 3/5 of a white man
    for every 5 slaves the total count towards population is 3 white men

  • The Great Comprimise

    -Wanted only a on-house government. Wanted all states to have the same number of representatives
    -3 Branches of government. Representation was based on state population
    -Every state gates 2 representatives based on the states population, the more people in a state, the more representatives that state gets

  • Constitutional Convention

    -Alexander Hamilton,James Madison,John Adams,Ben Franklin,George Washington,Thomas Jefferson.

  • Federalists Papers

    -Alexander Hamilton,James Madison
    -Ratification

  • Anti-Federalists Papers

    -Thomas Jefferson,Patrick Henry
    -They were against ratifying the Constitution
    -Thought the constitution didn't give the states enough rights
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    George Washington's Presidency

    -He set up the president's cabinet

  • Whiskey Rebellion

    -A protest to the first tax that was placed after the constitution was written
    -President George Washington shut down 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

    He wanted the U.S. to avoid staying NEUTRAL in foreign affairs and avoid political parties
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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(Part of Jefferson's Presidency)

    This doubles the size of the U.S.

  • Marbury vs. Madison (Part of Jefferson's Presidency)

    Set up Judicial Review