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First permanent English settlement.
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First form of Representation in colonies.
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First written framework of government in what is now the United States
Written by Puritan/Pilgrims to establish order in the settlement of
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First written constitution
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The French and British were fighting over land.
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Ended the French and Indian War
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Kept colonists from moving westward.
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Britain took over the printing of money in the colonies.
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Britain said there had to be a stamp and tax on all papers.
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Britain let soldiers force their way into colonists houses.
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Tax placed on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea
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The British killed 5 colonosts in Boston.
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Britain placed a tax on tea
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Colonists dumped crates of tea into Boston Harbor
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This was Britain's way of reigning the colonies back under control
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It was made to resist the Intolerable Acts
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Established Continental Army and appointed General George Washington
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The first battles of the War for Independence
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Document declaring independence from Britain
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The coloies beat Britain for the first time-also known as the turning point battle
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General George Washington took his army away to train.
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First constitution was written
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Last battle in the war for independence
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First constitution was in force
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Treaty that ended the war
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The new constitution was written for the new country.
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Delegates met to decide wether or not to keep the AOC
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Combined the New Jersey and Virginia Plans to decide how much representation each state gets.
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Slaves, Taxation, Representation
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George Washington is elected the first president of the United States.
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Insurance of personal rights to go with the new constitution.
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The French sent a representative to the U.S., he tried to change the U.S government
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A tax was put on the people who make whiskey causing a rebellion.
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The U.S. gained more land in the south inclusing trading at New Orleans
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The U.S. gained more land in the south including trading routes at New Orleans
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It was supposed to ease tension between Britain or the U.S.
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John Adams is elected the 2nd president of the United States
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Adams sent agents X Y and Z to find out why the French weren't trading with us.
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No protesting the government, no immigrants, and no freedom of press.
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Thomas Jefferson id elected the 3rd president of the UNited States.
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Thomas Jefferson buys Louisiana from the French doubling the size of the United States
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Madison never delivered important papers to Marbury.
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When Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to find a water route across North America they found much more than they expected.
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It stopped all trade between America and other countries
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The Maryland bank wouldn't pay taxes to the National Bank.
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Ogden said Gibbons shouldn't be able to use that channel for his boat because he only had state clearance.
