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The Seven Years War
War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won and gained territory for more expansion -
Pontiacs Rebellion and Proclamation of 1763
Pontiac's Rebellion: An Indian uprising after the French and Indian War, led by an Ottowa chief named Pontiac. They opposed British expansion into the western Ohio Valley and began destroying British forts in the area Proclamation: A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east. (ignored by colonists) -
Navigation Laws and Sugar Act
Navigation: Parliament passed laws that only allowed commerce from the colonies be transported only in British vessels, goods destined for America had to go through Britain first Sugar Act: An act that raised tax revenue in the colonies for the crown. It also increased the duty on foreign sugar imported from the West Indies -
Stamp Act and Quartering Act
Stamp Act: Placed a tax on almost all printed materials in the colonies Quartering Act: Act forcing colonists to house and supply British forces in the colonies; created more resentment; -
Stamp Act Repealed and Declaratory Act
Declaratory Act: declared that Parliament had the power to tax the colonies both internally and externally, and had absolute power over the colonial legislatures -
Townshend Acts
Tax on tea, glass, and paper. Passed around the times of the other "Intolerable Acts" -
Boston Massacre and Townshend Repealed
The first bloodshed of the American Revolution, as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans -
Committees of Correspondence
Colonial radicals formed committees in each town and colony to spread word of any new English aggression. -
Boston Tea Party
protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor -
1st Continental Congress, Intolerable Acts, Quebec Act
Continental Congress:The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution (colonial unity) Intolerable:laws that punished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. Called the Coercive Acts in England Quebec: Established Roman Catholicism as the official religion of Quebec, set up a government for Quebec and set the border at the Ohio River defying the Proclamation of 1763 -
2nd Continental Congress, Olive Branch Petition, Lexington and Concord
Congress: proposal made by some scholars and activists from across the political spectrum for the purpose of making substantive reforms to the United States Federal government by rewriting its Constitution Olive Branch: An offer of peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George lll which was denied. Lexington and Concord: the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775) -
"Common Sense" and Declaration of Independence
Common Sense: stated that nowhere in the physical universe did the smaller body control the larger one so it why should the British control America (Turning Point) D of I : the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain -
Articles of Confederation
The first constitution; had a weak central government and little control over international trade, finances, interstate commerce, foreign relations, etc. -
American Revolution Ends
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Shay's Rebellion
Uprising of farmers led by Daniel Shays to protest high taxes, the government was powerless to help and made many seek to increase the power of the federal government -
Northwest Ordinance, Constitutional Convention
NW Ordinance: Created the Northwest Territory (area north of the Ohio River and west of Pennsylvania), established conditions for self-government and statehood, included a Bill of Rights, and permanently prohibited slavery Convention: Meeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the thirteen original states to write the Constitution of the United States. -
Constitution Ratified
"The supreme law of the land." Written in 1787 at Philadelphia Convention to replace Articles of Confederation and create stronger central government. Outlines structure & power of 3 branches of national government. -
French Revolution Begins, Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights: The first ten amendments to the Constitution, protected freedom of religion, speech, and the press; the right to bear arms and to be tried by a jury; and the right to assemble and petition the government -
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Washington's Presidency
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National Bank Created
The government would take the debt of the nations and the states debt, make a national bank, and tax the richer -
Proclamation of Neutrality
Announcement by George Washington declaring the U.S. neutral in the conflict between Britain and France -
Whiskey Rebellion, Jay's Treaty
Whiskey Rebellion:
In 1794, farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey, Jay's Treaty: Agreement that provided England would evacuate a series of forts in U.S. territory along the Great Lakes; in return, the United States agreed to pay pre-Revolutionary War debts owed to Britain. The British also partially opened the West Indies to American shipping. The treaty was barely ratified in the face of strong Democratic Republican opposition. -
Farewell Address, Treaty of Greenville
Farewell Address: Encouraged neutrality, warned against alliances and forming political parties Treaty of Greenville: Ended the violence around the Great Lakes by putting a clear boundary line, Indian tribes lost most of Ohio, later overturned by settlers -
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XYZ Affair
French diplomats attempted to charge American diplomats to see the minister of state, enraged Americans and led to an undeclared war -
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Adam's Presidency
Federalists -
Interchangeable Parts, Alien and Sedition Acts
Interchangeable Parts: Identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers ; invented by Eli Whitney Alien and Sedition:passed by Federalists, signed by President Adams;; increased waiting period for an immigrant to become a citizen from 5 to 14 years, empowered president to arrest and deport dangerous aliens, & made it illegal to publish defamatory statements about the federal government or its officials. (minimized Jeffersonians) -
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Written by Jefferson and Madison in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, claimed that a state had the right to nullify federal laws it deemed unconstitutional -
Election of 1800
Election that led to a peaceful transfer of power from the Federalist Party to the Democratic-Republican Party.
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