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The First Great Awakening
This was an outburst of Protestant revivals that impacted the colonies. Spirituality and religious devotion were revived. -
Stono Rebellion
The most largest slave rebellion in the British colonies. In this rebellion slaves marched down roads of South Carolina carrying banners and proclaiming " Liberty" which they shouted repeatedly through towns. As a sign of protest the slaves came together and 35-50 were killed. -
French and Indian War
(1756- 1763)This was also known as the " Seven Years War". The war was triggered by conflicting claims over the Ohio River Valley. It began as a war between England, France, and their Native American allies, but eventually Spain joined France and England brought the colonies into the war. It was a costly war that will eventually bring uprising issues. -
Treaty of Paris 1763
The Treaty of Paris was the solution to the Seven Years War. It ended up giving British North America the French land and doubled The Britishes land. The agreement however left some issues unresolved. -
The Proclamation of 1763
This was a proclamation issued by King George III. It followed the Treaty of Paris and was a British produced boundary that was along the lines of the Appalachian Mountains. The line prohibited the British Americans from settling among the french territory gained from the war. The Americans where upset however due to the line and eventually they ignored it overall. -
Sugar Act
Parliament needed money from the North American Colonies to pay the damages in the economy due to the war. This act placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and rum imported to the colonies from British Carribean or non-British goods, so that they could gain a little extra money. -
Currency Act
This act prohibited the printing of paper money by Colonial Legislatures. The Act came with the Sugar Act to America in 1764. -
Quartering act
British colonist had to allow British soldiers into their homes and the colonist had to provide the soldiers with food, shelter, and clothing. The invasive part on privacy to the colonist stirred up feelings of anger and discomfort. -
Stamp Act
A British passed tax on paper goods imported or sold in the colonies. This included newspapers, pamphlets, cards, etc. most of the issues from colonist on this act were upper class subjects with more money. -
Tea Act of 1773
the Tea Act was a tax placed on tea being imported into the colonies from England. Most people in the Americas used tea daily do the act cause a huge riot of anger within the subjects themselves. This Act caused the Boston tea Party. -
Boston tea Party
The British colonies dressed up ad Indians and dumped 342 chests of English tea into the Boston harbor ,as a sign of protest, off of multiple ships. The goal was to protest the right of taxation without representation. The Protest ended with a monopoly of the East India Company that angered British rulers. -
The Coercive Acts
the Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, were special "resolutions" the British made due to the Boston Tea Party. It consisted of the closing of the Boston Harbor (until Boston payed for the dumped tea), taking the right of colonies to elect their own legislatures, government officials standing trial in Britain, and a new Quartering Act. These started the rage that fed into the American revolution. -
The First Continental Congress
Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to discuss America's future under growing British aggression. This started the idea of the American revolution. -
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The American revolution
The American Revolution was an epic political and military struggle waged when 13 of Britain's North American colonies rejected its British rule. The protest began in opposition to taxes created without colonial representation by the British monarchy and Parliament. The Colonies created the Declaration of Independence to state the separation, and followed through with a war. The war consisted of over 230 skirmishes and battles that were fought around the country. -
The Declaration of Independence
A Document that was written by Thomas Jefferson and the rest of the Second Continental Congress to break all ties with the British government and people. As independent states, they can make trade agreements and treaties, wage war, and do whatever is necessary to govern themselves.All of this to " convince" colonist that the revolution was needed to become stronger and better. This is become one of the most important document in US history. -
The Articles of Confederation
The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments. Overall it served as Americas first National Constitution. -
The Treaty of Paris 1783
The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States, recognized American independence and established borders for the new nation. It gave both sides access to the Mississippi River, and created new terms of alliance between the two sides. -
The Land Ordinance
It laid out the process by which lands west of the Appalachian Mountains were to be surveyed and sold.This land eventually became 5 of the US' states. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion happened in 1786, when there was an economy crisis and the local courts started to shut down the farms. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation. -
Virginia plan
James Madison's Virginia Plan outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The plan called for a legislature divided into two bodies (the Senate and the House of Representatives) with proportional representation. -
New Jersey Plan
The New Jersey Plan was designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress, as under the Articles of Confederation. -
The Northwest Ordinance
the Northwest Ordinance established a government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states. -
Constitution
The Constitution was signed on Sept. 17, 1777. The Constitution separated the powers of government into three branches, granting legislative power to Congress, executive power to the president, and judicial power to the courts. This gave human rights and equality through government to all people. -
Washington as president and his farewell
Washington took office after the 1788–1789 presidential election, he remained in office for 8 years. he then wrote a farewell address where he offered his advice to the citizens of the United States. -
The whiskey rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion happened in 1791, when the government imposed taxes on the whiskey.The "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government.