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Boston Massacre
A sore point was competition for jobs between colonists and poorly paid soldiers who looked for extra work. The Boston Massacre was a incident in which a British soldier was hit with a snowball, fell, and discharged his weapon, therefore causing the whole platoon to open fire on colonists. It resulted in the death of 5 colonists. Instantly, Samuel Adams and other colonial agitators labled this confrontation the Boston Massacre, thus presenting it as a British attack on defenseless citizens. -
Boston Tea Party
The British East India Company, which held an official monopoly on tea imports, had been hit hard by colonial boycotts. It was nearing bankruptcy due ot these boycotts. To save the company, he North devised the Tea Act which granted the company the right to sell tea to the colonies free of the taxes that colonial tea sellers had to pay. To rebel this act a group of Boston Rebels disguised themselves as Native Americans and dumped the tea into Boston Harbor. -
5 Intolerable Acts by King George
After the Boston Tea Party King George the III was infruriated by this organized destruction of British property.King George and his parliament replyed with the 5 Intolerable Acts. One of the laws shut down the Boston Harbor because the colonists had refused to pay for the damaged tea. Others were quartering act and more. -
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father of the United States and main principle author of the Declaration of Indepedence. Before the Declaration was drafted Jefferson served as a delegate from Virginia to the Second Continental Congress beginning in June 1775, soon after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a statement relieving the 13 originial colonies, from the crowns control. This action put the newly form indepdent states/union, in war with Great Britian. The Declaration of Independence's main author was Thomas Jefferson. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. It began to be draft in 1776 and was later ratified in 1781. -
Treaty of Paris
Sign in September 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britian on one hand, and the United States of America and its allies on another. The treaty document was signed by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay (representing the United States) and David Hartley (a member of the British Parliament representing the British Monarch, King George III). -
Shay's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion was a armed uprising named after Daniel Shay. The rebellion started on August 21, 1786, over financial difficulties and by January 1787, over one thousand Shaysites had been arrested. A militia that had been raised as a private army defeated an attack on the federal Springfield Armory by the main Shaysite force on February 3, 1787, and five rebels were killed in the action. Delegates of the States got worried and therefore the Philadelphia Convention was put into action. -
Three branches of Government
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II. Executive
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I. Legislative Branch
The Legislative Branch is the law making body of the United States Constitution. It is ran by Congress, which is composed of two houses. The House of Representatives (lower house) and The Senate (upper house). -
II. Executive Branch
The Executive Branch of the United States of America is ran by the President of the United States. Along with the President is the Vice President, and the Cabinet of the President. The Executive Branch is the law enforcing branch of the United States Constitution. -
III. Judicial
The Judicial Branch, the law interpreting branch of the United States Constitution. It is ran by the Chief Justice of the Supreme court and his other justices. The Judicial Branch is in charge of the United States Court System. -
Thomas Jefferson and the Anti-Federalist's
After the Declaration of Indepedence the Constitution of the United States, Thomas Jefferson became the 1st US Secretary of State under George Washingtons control. He also became the 3rd US President. He was a famous Anti-Federalist who supported the Bill of Rights. -
Federalism
Federalism is a political concept in which a group of members are bound together by covenant with a governing representative head. In the United States Federalism is shown by our 3 Branches of Government, which are the governing representative head. And then it goes down from there. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights were 10 Amendments to the Newly found Constitution of the United States that gained support from the Anti-Fedralist. A famouse supporter of the Bill of Rights was Thomas Jefferson who became the first secreatary of state and 3rd president. The most important amendment on the bill of rights is the 1st, which states the 5 Basic Freedoms of a Citizen of the US. -
George Washington becomes President and creates the Cabinet.
The first president of the United States that created the Cabinet, lead by Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the State Thomas Jefferson, and Secretary of War Henry Knox. George Washington was choosen President, because he was the head of the Philadelphia Convention, and one of the most famous Generals of the American Revolution. -
Two Party System
A two-party system is a system where two major political parties dominate voting in nearly all elections at every level of government and, as a result, all or nearly all elected offices are members of one of the two major parties. -
Alexhander Hamilton and his plan for creating the Bank of the United States.
The First Bank of the United States was a central bank, chartered for a term of twenty years, by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791. Establishment of the Bank was included in a three-part expansion of Federal fiscal and monetary power (along with a federal mint and excise taxes) championed by Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury.
