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History from 1770 to 1840
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The Boston Massacre
This was mainy started because of the compitition for jobs. A fist fight broke out for jobs. Conflicts began out between colonist and british soldiers. It start with little conflicts and ended with death to 5 people. The British attacked defenseless citizens. they were later brought to England for trial. -
The Boston Tea party
The british east India company held an monopoly on tea exports they were reaching bankruptcy and they were also getting boycotted by the colonist. To get out of this issue they divised the tea act. the expected colonist would buy the now cheaper tea but instead the were furious. On december 16 1773 a group of boston rebel disguised themselves as native americans boarded the tea ships and dumped 18,000 pounds of the tea into the harbor -
Thomas jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was known for being a well educated person. The Declaration of independence was Jefferson's idea. He described it as "Life,Liberty, and the persuit of happiness". Jefferson's concepts help the U.S a great deal. Thomas jefferson was a strong believer in equal rights. He believed in this for every one he even argued the cruelty of the slave trade. -
Declaration Of independence
The delacration of independence is when we delared independence for our country. Declaring Independence prevented being ruled under oppression by great britain like before. This gave The United states our own rights. This was also voted unanimously among all delegates. -
Articles of Confederation
At the time The Articles of Confederation was a new form of Governemnet in a set of laws. Under this there are two levels of Government the state and the federal government. The articles of Confederation gave the national government power to Declare war, sign treaties, sign treaties, and other additional powers. This form of government had no executive department which was a major problem of this government. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty took place in late 1783. The delegates signed the treaty of paris that confirmed their independence and laid out new boundries for the new nation. The U.S expanded from the Alantic ocean to the misssissippi river and from canada to the florida border. Some provision of this treaty promised future problems. One problem was that they did not attemp to secur the native american's land. They also did not specify when the British would evacuate from american forts. -
Shays Rebellion
Shays Rebellion is when the farmers and caused panic Throughout the nation. Daniel shays lead this rebelion. He was angy because of the heavy debt that he carried. He was a veteran of the revolutionary war. He formed a mob with other angry farmers who also carried heavy debt. washington viewed this situation as an embarrasment -
Branches of Governemnt
Three branches of government was added to the to the constitution. The Legislative Branch made the laws Congress is in this Branch. The executive branch carried out the laws which ais the President and the vice president. The Judicial Branch that includes the supreme cort interprets laws. Checks and balances was created so no branch would have too much power. -
Washington Becomes President Creates the cabinet
George washington became president April 16 , 1786. Washington was the unamimous choice for presidency. Washington was the first pesident of the U.S. When Washington was in office he nad congress had to make practical desicions to create a working government. Washington created the judicial system this was one of his first tasks. He also shaped the executive branch which was when he created his cabinet. The cabinet was the secreatery of state, secretary of war, and also of tresury. -
Bill Of Rights
The Bill of rights was added to the constitution by December of 1791. The bill of rights are the first ten amenments. The first 8 out of of 10 spell out personal liberties. The first amendemt is the most important that guaruntees the citizens rights. The second/ third grants the citizens different rights such as the right to bear arms as member of militia. Fourth through eight is mostly about equal treatment or fairness. Amendment make is clear no rights are restricted. The tenth dicuss powers
