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1215
Magna Carta
Limited the rights of Kings and gave more rights to rich white men -
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Southern colonies formed
main reason for settling economic and james town
geography:fertile soils harsh winters
main religions: Roman Catholics , Anglican -
Virginia House of Burgess
first form of Representative in america -
Mayflower compact
first written contract promise the pilgrims made to stick together -
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New England colonies
reason for settling:religious freedom
Mayflower compact -
Fundamental orders of Connecticut
one of the first forms of representative of governments -
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Middle colonies formed
reason for settling: religious freedom/economy
geography: Flat land , Fertile lands
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Mercantilism
Economic system between Great Britain and its colonies.American colonies provided raw materials for England -
Proclamation line
sent British colonies to the east, and french and native Americans to the west of Apache land -
Stamp act
made Americans pay for debt made by french and Indian war
they did this to pay off debt -
Stamp act congress
First meeting between multiple colonies to discuss their problems with the king of England. -
Boston Massacre
Americans protested the taxes, British soldiers got things and threw them at the people which resulted in the death of 5 colonists -
Boston Tea Party
to protest the tea act the sons of liberty went in disguise to throw the tea into the Boston harbor -
Coercive (intolerable) acts
set to punish the colonies for their protests -
First Continental congress
12 colonies came together to discuss their problems with great Britain -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
First battle of the revolution "shot heard around the world" -
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Common sense
helped spread the word about why the colonies should be independent -
second Continental congress
George Washington became commander of the army -
Battle of Saratoga
turning point of the war for Americans , after they won -
washington farewell adress
no political parties -
Constitutional convention
a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution -
The Great Compromise
an agreement made during the constitutional convention -
3/5 Compromise
was when several groups of slaves were considered 3/5 -
Federalist papers
Made by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton -
Anti-Federalist papers
a collective name given to the works written by the founding fathers -
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George Washington's presidency
created presidential advisers cabnet -
Whiskey Rebellion
A protest to the first tax -
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John Adams presidency
first president to claim a political party
he passed aliens and sedation act
allowed government to imprison you if you were from foreign country -
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thomas jefferson presidency
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Louisiana Purchase
this doubled the size of the U.S -
Marbury Vs Madison
what did the supreme court set up: judicial review