U.S. History 1770 - 1840

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  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre is a hitfight where crowd killed by a few British soldiers on defensive citizens.
    Rhode Island colonist attacks a British customs and after they were looking out to find who commit the crime so that they can bring them to England trial.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson known for his knowledge and use his skill to express the committee's points.
    Jefferson master ful Declaration of Independence by produce an image of an English philosopher John Locke, who wanted people to enjoy natural rights as "life,liberty and happiness."
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence is when North Carolina had declared itself indenpendent, and a lot of virginians told their delegates they feel approval for the independence.
    The congress demand each colony to form its own government because they wanted each state had their freedom and to be independent states.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation is the type of government which two levels of government shared groundwork power.
    A document adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the new United States.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris is the paper the delegates signed which is making U.S indenpence and fix the boundaries for new nation.
    And also the treaty of paris did not determine when the british move to a safe place from a danger stategic position.
  • Shay's Rebellion

    He was a farmer who carried heavy debt,however he faced debtors' prison. Shays felt that he was the victim of too much taxation.
    Farmers like Shays kept demanding that the courts be closed so they would not lose their farms to the company to whom they owned money.
  • Three Branches of Government

    Legislative Branch to make laws
    Executive Branch to carry out laws
    Judicial Branch to interpret laws
  • George Washington becomes President and creates the Cabinet

    George Washington becomes President and creates the Cabinet
    George Washington chose capable leaders he knew and trusted because he did not take strange people in his business.
    He picked Thomas Jefferson as secretary of state, Alexander Hamilton as secretary of the treasury who had served as Washington's general during the revolution, as secretary of war.
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights are: guaranted citizen's right to freedom or religion, speech, the press, and political.
    The second amendment and third amendment grant citizens the right to bear arms as members of a militia of citizen-solders and prevent the government from housing troops in private homes in peacetime.
    The Fourth through eighth amendments guarantee fair treatment for individuals suspected or accused of crimes.