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nathaniel Bacon
Nathaniel Bacon led a group of citizens from the western part of virgina to the eastward in search of justice -
Yale college founded
It was founded in new haven in an attempt to retain old calvanist ideas -
Church of england
the attempt failed so the entire facuality converted to the church of England -
Religous revival
religous revivals swept through the British American colines -
george washington
George Washington was born in Virginia in 1732 to a wealthy plantation owner. Of all the subjects he studied, he loved math the most. -
Zenger accused of Libel
John peter zenger was accused of libel wich is publishing information opposed to the goverment. -
Boston Harbor
it was home to a colonial merchant fleet. -
french and indian war
the fourth global struggle between the french and the british -
The British Policy
They passed laws regulating colonial trade, but they knew they could not easily enforce them -
Paxon boys
In pennsylvania the paxon boys marched in Philedelphia to protest about quakers friendly american policy -
The angry farmers
They took up arms when the courts ruled in favor of the land baron. -
The sugar act
You had to pay a tax on molasses from the west indies, silk from china, and a few colonial products like wale fins -
Stamp act
required stamps to be purchased and placed on newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, and playing cards. -
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Big Bad outlaws
outlaws roamed the colonies holding farmers at their mercy -
Boston massacare
patriots antagonized british troops who were quarted in Boston. -
Boston tea party
It was a protest against the tea act. Colonists dressed as Indians and dumped British tea into Boston harbor. -
tea act
it would launch the final spark to the revolutianary movement. it did not impose no new taxes. british put a tax on tea so the colonial company couldnt sell tea. -
the intolerable acts
Part bill
Government act
New quartering act
Administration of justice act -
french and indian war
A struggle between the british and french