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Approximately one hundred English settlers, all of them men, disembarked around Chesapeake Bay. They called the place Jamestown.
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The Navigation Acts were several laws passed in the 1600's by the English Parliament. Their purpose was to protect English trade.
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A tax that was forced upon all American colonists and made them pay a tax for every piece of printed paper they used.
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Day the 13 American colonies became independent states and separated from the British Empire.
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Written documentation that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain.
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Fundamental law of the United States
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Caused by the British trying to diminish US trades, the Royal Navy, and America's desire to own more land.
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Compromise that made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state to keep a balance.
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an American foreign policy opposing interference in the western hemisphere from outside powers
