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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 to what is now the United States. Written by Puritans and Pilgrims.
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America's first written Constitution.
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The war between the French with the Indians against Britain.
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End of the French and Indian War.
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Colonists were not allowed to settle west of Appalatian Mountains and Indians got the right to vote.
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Colonial currency system; Trade with Britain.
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Taxes on anything printed on paper.
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Made colonists quarter and feed Britsh soldiers.
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Payed taxes on imported glass, tea, and paper.
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Boston soldiers kill 5 men.
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There was a tax on tea.
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Merchants refused to unload and sell tea so they decided to throw the tea into the harbor.
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Acts that made colonists pay for tea and keep them from planning other attacks.
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Group of men from diffrent colonies that held meetings. They helped write the Constitution.
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Wars for Independence.
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Central Government; they can: wage war, issue money, sign treaties, appoint ambassadors, settle conflicts between states, and best of all, SET UP POST OFFICES.
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We become our own country and sepparate from England.
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The "Turning Point Battle". American victory that convinced France to form an alliance with the colonists.
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Turning point of the Revolutionary War.
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Document that set up the first U.S. government.
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Last battle; American victory.
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Weak because of no Federal/National court, no power to enforce laws, and no power to tax.
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Officially ended war; forced Britain to recognize American Independence.
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Fixed Articles of Confederation; Farmers could not sell as much and payed taxes to the state.
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2 House Legislature; Number of votes depended on population.
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Counted each slave as 3/5 of a person in order to get charged less in taxes. Key Words: Slaves, Taxation, and Representation
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Document written for the purpose of guaranteeing rights on the Constitution.
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The French sent a representative to the U.S., which tried to change the U.S government.
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Whiskey producers were forced to pay taxes for making whiskey.
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More land was gained in the South and there was trading in New Orleans.
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Eased tension between Britain and the U.S.
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Agents were sent to France by John Adams to figure out why they had stopped trading with the U.S.
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Protesting, freedom of press, and immigrants was not allowed anymore.
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Protesting, freedom of press, and immigrants was not allowed anymore.
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Jefferson buys land from the French, doubleing the size of the United States.
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Court case where James Madison failed to deliver important documents to Marbury.
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Lewis and Clark were sent on an expedition to find a water route across North America by President Jefferson and found more than they were expected to.
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All trade was stopped between the U.S. and other countries.
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Taxes weren't payed to the National Bank by Maryland.
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Gibbons and Odgen argued over being able or not to use a channel because they had each claimed that they could use it.
