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First permanent English Settlement in what is now the United States.
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First form of Representation Colonies
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First written framework of Government in what is now the United States.
Written by Puritans and Pilgrams to establish order in the colony of Plymouth. -
Basic laws of Connecticut until 1662
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1754-1763
Fought over Ohio River Valley and other territories in North America. -
Mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands.
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Ended the French and Indian War.
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Passed by the British Parliament on September 1, 1764 as part of Prime Minister George Grenville's plan, along with the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act, to reduce the British national debt
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Stamp Act: First direct tax imposed by Britain on its American colonies. Under the Stamp Act, all printed materials and commercial documents as well as printed material including, newspapers, pamphlets, bills, legal documents, licenses, almanacs, dice and playing cards, were taxed and had to carry a special stamp. Quartering Act: Required the colonies to provide barracks and supplies to British troops. Under the law, the colonist had to give quarters, food, and transportation to the soldiers.
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They were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.
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Only killed 5 men.
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Main purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out the floundering East India Company, a key actor in the British economy.
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Seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor.
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Met in Philadelphia from Sept. 5 to Oct. 26, 1774, to protest the Intolerable Acts.
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Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party in 1774 by passing several laws that became known in America as the Intolerable Acts.
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Were made to make the colonist pay for the tea and to keep them from planning other attacks.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War.
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Met at the State House in Philadelphia.
Established the militia as the Continental Army to represent the thirteen states. They also elected George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. -
2nd Continental Congress
Break up letter to King of England -
Is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War.
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Washington took his troops here and they suffered hunger and coldness.
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Set up first U.S. government. Was very weak.
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Last battle of American Revolution
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Ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
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February 1787, to call for a convention of delegates to meet in May in Philadelphia "to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union."
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Slavery, taxes, representation.
Slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person. -
House of representation
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Limited the powers of the King and set the rights of Parliament.Freedom of speech in Parliament.Set the requirement to regular elections. The right to petition the monarch without fear of retribution. The liberty of to have arms for their defense.
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A foreign affair
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Encouraged American settlers to continue westward expansion, and made frontier areas more attractive and lucrative.
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Created to lessen tention between Englad and U.S.
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Created to keep immigrants out of the United States
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Jefferson buys more land and doubles the size of the United States
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Marbury tries to keep Madision from becoming Supreme Court
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Abilitie to make national bank.
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Arguing over who gets to use the river.
