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In 1608, the New France Quebec was established in the New America. Quebec became a cast fur-trading enterprise, of which caused Indian Wars -
In 1610, Santa Fe was established -
Within the 1620's, the first African Slaves began to arrive within the New World.
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in 1623, the leaders of the New World began to organize the the first permanent Dutch settlement. -
In 1647, Peter Stuyvesant found New Amsterdam in disarray. Peter helped New Amsterdam develop into a successful and booming land. -
in 1651, The Navigation Act was established. This Act was primarily aimed at the Dutch, and good could only be imported by English ships. -
In 1660, This Navigation Act only allowed certain articles produced within the Empire to be shipped to England or to other British Colonies. -
In 1663, The Staple Act, a law that required all European goods to pass through England before going anywhere else, was passed. -
The Plantation Duty Act forced colonial merchants to pay a duty on articles shipped from one colony to another. This Act restricted the smuggling of goods from one piece of land to another. -
The Navigation Act of 1696 established admiralty courts within the colonies. -
The Molasses Act of 1733 implemented taxes upon sugar, molasses, and rum imported from non-British colonies. -
The 7 Years War, started in 1756, started as a dispute over land boundaries, and ended in bloodied grounds. Britain, France, and the Native Americans fought over what they wanted their land to be. In the end, France surrendered their North-American territories.
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In 1763, the Treaty of Paris was established. This treaty ended the French and Indian war between France and Britain. -
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. This 'Line" honored promises made to Delaware and Iroquis. -
In 1764, the Sugar Act replaced the Molasses Act of 1733. This law was aimed to end the smuggling of sugar and molasses from the West Indies. -
In early September of 1764, Parliament passed the Currency Act. This enforced law took control of the colonial currency system, and threatened to destabilize the entire economy. -
This Act was the first direct taxation on American colonies. This law was enforced to keep track of what goods were made within the colonies. Everyone importing or exporting goods had to bear a stamp. Wills, newspapers, pamphlets, bills, licenses, dice and playing cards were all taxed items. Those who violated this law would be tried and convicted without proper juries. -
The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 was the state's first constitution following their declaration of independence. This Constitution abolished property ownership as test of citizenship. -
John Adams wrote a piece of literature expressing his opinion upon the current government. His thoughts concerned the sharing of power within America, and the Bicameral legislature. This article that Adams wrote created a turning point for how people developed ideas of the government. -
The Constitutional Convention took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed. The Convention sought out to resolve the Federal Governments inability to levy taxes. -
The Great Compromise of 1787 provided a dual system of congressional representation. In the House of Representatives each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population. -
The Constitution of the United States established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. It was signed on September 17, 1787, by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.