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First permanent English Settlement in what is now the United States.
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First form of Representation in Colonies
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First written framework of Governmentin what is now the United States.
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Americas first written constitution.
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They fought for the Ohio River Valley and other territories.
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Treaty after the French and Indian war. France lost claims to land.
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The King told the Americans that they should not settle west of the Appalation Mountains.
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Only be obtained through tarde by Britain.
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Tax on anyting printed on paper.
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Made the colonists quarter, or house and feed British soldiers.
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Pay tax on imported tea, glass, and paper.
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Merchants refused to unload the tea from British ships, or sell it.
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Taxed the tea.
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The colonists droped the tea into the Boston Harbor.
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These acts were made to make the colonists pay for the tea and to keep them from planning other attacks.
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Are we going to sparate form Britian.
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First Battle "shots heard 'round the world"
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Signing the Declaration of Independence.
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Written by Thomas Jefferson. Telling the King of England we are separating and becoming our own country.
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Called the "turning point" battle.American victory convinced France to form an alliance with the colonists.
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Set up camp. Out of 2,000 died. Washington brought his troops to the valley during winter and stayed there for a few months.
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Didn't want a monarchy so much that they gave all the power to the states.
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Last battle, American victory, won by combining French and American forces.
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Had some strenghts but mostly weaknesses.
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The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States, recognized American independence and established borders for the new nation. After the British defeat at Yorktown, peace talks in Paris began in April 1782 between Richard Oswarld representing Great Britain and the American Peace Commissioners Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and John Adams.
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2 Legislature, number of votes depended on popuation each state had two members.
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Had to fix the Articles of Confederation
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Taxation,slaves, and representation.
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Government we still use today.
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When taking the inogeral address he made a preccedent "so help me God".
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The "insurance card" for the states that didn't think that they had enough power.
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France and Englland fighting, when asked to join forces with France Washington said no we are going to remain neutral.
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Firced the producers of whiskey to pay a tax. Farmers rioted Washington sent military.
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Got to use the Mississippi River.
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The Britished payed for damages to seized ships.
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Second President.
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Adams sent American spies to France to find out why they stopped trade with us.
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Made it a crime to write bad about the government.Immigrants had to have lived in the United States for 14 years in order to vote.
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War between us and France. French attacked American ships.
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Third President.
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Jefferson bought witout anyones concent' double the country.
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Corut case that establised judicial review.
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Discovered the new land that Jefferson brought.
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A legislative measure enacted by Congress in 1807 at the behest of President Thomas Jefferson that banned trade between U.S. ports and foreign nations.
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They would not pay taxes, and who had the power to create national banks. McCullon won.
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Fought over a lincence, and witch one was worth more, also fought over who got the river.Gibbons won.
