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King Philip's War Started
In 1675 an Indian rebellion erupted and it was called King Phillip's War. The Indians destroyed 12 New England Towns, however, they were defeated. They lost what was left of their land and some fled toward Canada. -
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New England Colonies
King Philip's War took place throughout the New England Colonies. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine and Rhode Island were involved. The war started in 1675 and ended in 1676 -
The British Colonies Grow Stronger
The land that the Native Americans lived on was being taken by the British. The French became allies with the Native Americans to help resist British Colonial Expansion -
The Spark of the French and Indian War
The fertile Ohio River sparked a start of the French and Indian War creating a feud between France and Great Brittan over who owned the land. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Members of the American Indians surprised and captured most of the British forts in the Ohio River Valley and along the Great Lakes. They also raided settlements in western Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia -
Sugar, Quartering, and Stamp Act
The British proposed a series of acts that angered the Colonist including the Sugar Act (lowered the duty of foreign molasses), The Quartering Act ( the colonists had to provide housing and supplies for British Soldiers), and the Stamp Act (required colonists to pay taxes on almost any printed material) -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a response to the Townshend Acts. It started when colonist threw snowballs at the British Soldiers and the got nervous so they fired at them, killing 5 colonists. The colonist referred to this as the Boston Massacre. -
Metacom
Metacom was also known as King Philip. He was believed to have plotted and led the rebellion. He was killed during the was when he was shot by a praying town Indian in 1776. -
The Invention of the Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. The machine reduced the time that it took to separate the seeds from the cotton. Due to the invention of this machine cotton became the South's leading product. -
Textile Mills
Samuel Slater built the first water power textile mill in 1793 at Pawtucket, Rhode Island and was powered by the Blackstone River. Slater and his partners later build more factories along New England rivers. They used a family- system which meant that an entire family worked at the mills. -
The XYZ Affair
Adams tried to balance both sides and create peace but the French began to seize American ships and the officials known as X, Y, Z bribed them with 250,000 dollars. -
The Election of 1796
John Adams ( Federalist) ran against Thomas Jefferson (Democratic -Republican) and Adams won with one extra vote that what was needed for majority. He won the votes from New England and from some of the swing states. -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
These laws were put into place by John Adams in 1798. The Alien part gave the President the power to arrest and deport any immigrants that criticized the Federal government. The Sedition Act made it a crime for citizens to publicly discredit the Federal government. -
The Barbary War
The Barbary states of North Africa seized American ships and held the sailors captive. Jefferson blockaded the port of Tripoli with his navy and won peace in 1805 -
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory and it doubled the size of the country. He later criticized himself for buying the land because he strictly follows the Constitution. -
Jefferson's Embargo
Thomas Jefferson sets up an embargo to retaliate against British impressment but it backfires and hurts the American economy because the British began trading with the southern countries. -
Tariff of 1816
The Tariff of 1816 was a tariff on imports to protect the American industry. It increased the price of imported manufactured goods by 20-25 percent. This tariff forced Americans to buy products made in the USA. Overall this tariff helped the industry but hurt the farmers -
The US Gain Spanish Territories
American pressure persuaded Spain to sell Florida to the United States. Spain had felt pressured to give up their claims by the First Seminole War that occurred in 1818 -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was created by Henry Clay in 1820. In this Compromise the northern district of Massachusetts joined the Union as a free state of Maine to balance the admission of Missouri as a slave state. This solved the problem short term. -
Patriot Leaders Emerged
The colonists started to work together to fight the Acts and they formed the Sons of Liberty, which was led by Samuel Adams. They were part of riots that destroyed the house of the stamp tax collector.
