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3 Million African Slaves Imported to America
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Privy Coucil
A council that regulates the value of foreign coins based on silver content. -
Comprehensive Slave Code in Virginia
The Virginia House of Burgesses passes a slave code. Indentured black servants became permanent slaves, and merely properly. Effectively legalized rape, and had little to no rights. -
Board of Trade
Ordered governors of royal colonies to veto any paper money issues. -
Sugar Act
Colonists could only buy sugar from England. -
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First Great Awakening
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Jonathan Edwards preaches "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
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Invalidation of Paper Money in the Colonies
The Board of Trade prevents colonial paper money from being legal tender for trade w/ England. -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was a war between the French and British colonies over the Ohio territory. England expects the colonies to pay off the war debt, which is one of the causes of the revolutionary war. -
Treaty of Paris
The ending of the French and Indian war. -
Proclamation Line of 1763
Honors a promise to the Delaware and Iriqouis tribe. Kept settlers from advancing further west. -
Currency Act of 1764
Limited colonies ability to deal with debt, threatened to destabilize colony economy. -
Stamp Act
First direct tax on American colonies. Taxed items must bear a stamp to be bought and sold. Violators would be tried and convicted in a vice admiralty court without a jury. -
Quartering Act
Each colonial assembly was directed to provide the basic needs of soldiers stationed within borders. -
Stamp Act Congress Called
Delegates from 9 colonies assemble to discuss the stamp act. -
Declaratory Act
Parliament assumes complete control of the colonies. -
Townshend Duties
Charles Townsend, aka Champagne Charlie, enforced a tax on paper, paint, lead, glass and tea. -
Revenue Act
Created board of customs and comissions. -
Tea Act of 1773
Not enacted to generate revenue, the tea act gave a monopoly to the East Indian trading company. Colonists didn't just boycott, they destroyed tea or had it sent back to England. -
Boston Tea Party
30-130 men dressed as Indians board a ship harbored in Boston and throw 247 chests of tea in harbor. -
The Four Coercive Acts
Four acts that were put in place to punish the colonies for the boston tea party. They were:
1. Port Bill, closes Boston ports and Massachusetts is under military rule.
2. Massachusetts Regulating Act, ends self rule by colonists.
3. Administration of Justice Acts, protect royal officials in massachusetts
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First Continental Congress
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Battle at Lexington/Concord
77 men led by Captain John Parker met a British force outside Lexington led by General Gage. Captain John said "Stand your ground, don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have war, let it begin here." Know one knows who fired first. Americans soundly defeated. -
Battle of Breed (Bunker) Hill
A pivotal moment, technically a British victory but the British lost a lot of soldiers. -
Declaration of Independence
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General John Burgoyne marches to Saratoga
Led army of 8000 with 100 cannons. Was notorious for carrying personal luggage with him. -
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Battle of Saratoga
Turning point of the war. 5700 British soldiers under John Burgoyne surrender to americans. -
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Valley Forge
American army under Washington spends the winter 18 miles NW of Philadelphia. -
British Surrender at Yorktown
The last major battle in the war for independence. -
2nd Treaty of Paris
Signed by representatives of the British crown and the American government, this ended the revolutionary war. -
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Shay's Rebellion
Threatened to collapse new nation. Tax laws favored traders at the expense of agriculture, so they rebelled. This showed the need for a strong central government. -
Virginia Plan
55 delegates convened to create a government from scratch. -
Constitution Ratified
New Hampshire becomes the 9th state to ratify the constitution, and it becomes the official constitution of the US government. -
Judiciary Act of 1789
Established a federal judiciary system w/ Federal district courts and circuit courts. -
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President George Washington
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First Bank of the United States
A bank to secure a repository for the government, provide loans to federal government, and manage the nation's money supply. -
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Whiskey Rebellion
Unhappy farmers protest unfair taxes by rebelling. This is considered the normal way to go about causing change in the country. -
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President John Adams
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Alien and Sedition Acts
Acts created by Adams government, giving the president the right to export "dangerous foreigners" and punish any opposition to the government. -
Death of George Washington