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The Early Piety
In 1711 a group of ministers published a collection of sermons titled Early Piety. -
A slave rebellion in New York City resulted in the death of nine white colonists.
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Stono’s rebellion
About 80 slaves got together and set out for Spanish Florida, under the banner that read “Liberty”. They burned plantations and killing about 20 white settlers. -
A law about slaves
A new law proclaimed that killing a rebel slave is not a crime and even murdering a slave is considered or treated as a minor misdemeanor. -
Slavery was legal throughout the region
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Seven Years War
A famous war between the French and the Indians. (Another name for this war was the fire chief and Indian war) and was ended by peace treaties of Paris and Hubertusburg. -
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Quakers.
In 1758, Quakers in Pennsylvania disowned members who engaged in the slave trade and by 1772 slave-owning Quakers could be banned from the meetings -
King George III takes the crown
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The Pontiac’s war.
A war between the colonies and the Native Americans. -
The sugar act
This act put taxes on sugar, paper, lead, glass, and tea. -
The Boston massacre
British troops shot an angry mob and killed five Bostonian. -
Boston tea party
A bunch of men dressed like Mohawk Indians and dumped thousands of pound of tea into the sea -
Printing of the Common Sense
Franklin’s Philadelphia enjoyed the flurries of newspaper, pamphlets, and books that were for sale. The flurry would only grow in 1776 when the Philadelphia printer, Robert Bell, printed hundreds of thousands copies of Thomas Paine’s revolutionary Common Sense. -
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America revolution
The war that ended in the favor of the United States independence -
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Shays rebellion
A rebellion for the farmers. They wanted Massachusetts government to protect them from creditors but the state supported the leaders instead. -
The ratification of the constitution
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New national constitution
Philadelphia turned out for a “grand federal procession” in honor of the new national constitution