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Magna Carta
*King John was forced to sign
*Equal treatment under the law
*rights to landholders
*Trial by one's peers
*limit power of monarch -
Jamestown Colony
*Jamestown colony was settled on May 14, 1607.
*They settled on the bankes of the James River.
*Jamestown was the first perament English colony in the new world. -
House of Burgess
*There first meeting was on July 30, 1619
*They were the first legislature in the English colonys and there first order was to set a minimum price for sales of tobacco
*There was twinety- two memebers
*Members included the governor and six important memebers of the colony and the other fifteen were elected by the coloy. -
Mayflower Compact
*The compact was signed by 41 people.
*It was written for the fair and equal rights of the colony. -
Plymouth Colony
*Puritans settled in Plymounth and they wasnted to purife the English church. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
*was from 1639 to 1662
*Basic law of Connecticut -
Glorious Revolution
*The Glorious Revolution was from 1688 to 1689.
*During this time Parliament overthrough King James II.
*William of orange and Mary took over but Parliament had then sign the English Bill of Rights. -
English Bill of Rights
*The English Bill of Rights was passed on December 16, 1689 and was signed by William of orange and Mary, who took over after Parliament overthrough King James II.
*The English Bill of Rights included
-Right to petition
-Monarch can not susped Parliament laws
-Cannot create special courts
-cannot impose taxes or raise an army without Parliament consint -
Salem Witch Trials
*Fom Feb. 1692 to May 1693
*County court trial to prosiqut people accsed of witch craft
*19 women killed because they were accused of witchcraft. -
Sons of Liberty
- The sons of liberty dressed up as indians and dumped cargo of tea into the Boston Harbor *Sammul Adems and John Handcoke was a Son of liberty
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Committes of the Correspondence
*Formed throughout the colonies as a means if coordinating action against Great Britian -
First Great Awakening
*was from 1730 to 1760
*movement rooted in spirital growth which brought a national identity to colonies. -
Albany Plan of Union
*B. Franklin proposed the union
*attempt to combine the coloines -
Proclamation line of 1763
- Closed off fronter for colony expantion. *colony land doubled
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Pontiac's rebellion
- a war between colonies and a lose of confedriation of native american triles.
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French and Indain War
*The French and Indain War was from 1756 to 1763.
*It was fought between Great Britian and the French.
*It is also known as the Seven Year War. -
Sugar/ Revenue Act
*It was an Indirect tax
*Sammul Adems spoke out against the act -
Virginia Resolves
*Series of resolution pasted by Virginia general assymbly -
Stamp Act
*The stamp act was a direct act imposed by Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America.
*Reguired that many printed on stamped paper produced by london carring a embassed rveriue stamp. -
Townshend Act
*To raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of the governors and judges so they would be independent of colonial rule.
*Six Acts
-Revenue Act -Indemnity Act
-commissioner or Customs Act -Vice Adminalty court Act
-New York Restraining Act -
Boston Massacre
*British Armys killed fivei civialian men.
*Troops been there to support the crown and to appoint colonial officals who were attempting to enforce unpopular Parliamentary Legislation -
Gaspee Incident
The Gaspee incident was the burning of the British cuttership called the Gaspee. -
Tea Act
*The Tea Act was passed by Parliment.
*The Tea Act was passed to increase the deposit on Bohea tea that was to be sold to the India Comopanys that asent tea to the colonys. -
Boston Tea Party
*The colony of Massachuestts were aginst the British government
*The tes party was a key event in the growth of the revolution.
*About two hundred me, disguised as Indians, marched two-by-two and dumped cargos of tes into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
*These acts were a reaction to the Boston Tea Party
*Parliament aimed to bring the coloniest back into submisson of the King. -
Edenton Tea Party
*Protest of 57 women in responce through the tea act
*Women signed an agreement saying they were "determend to give memorable proof of their patriotism" -
First Continental Congress
*From September 5 to October 26, 1774.
*Met at Carprnter's Hall, Philadelphia.
*Colonies sent delegstes who were chosen by the people or by legislatures. -
Mechlenburg Resolve
*List of statments introduced in Mecklenburg colony -
Halifax Resolve
*Signed by the Fourth Provincial Congress
*they met at Hslifax county, NC
*Was the first colony that authorized its delegates to vote for independence -
Second Continenal Congress
*Met after the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
*65 delegtes met at State house in Philadelphia and decided to completely break away from Great Britian. -
Declaration of Independence
*The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson and was adopted by the contientail congress.
*It was signed by 56 men.
*It is a symbol of Liberty. -
Articles of Confederation
*The Articles of Confederation provided congress with representation based on population.
*It gave the nations government all the power not designated to the state. -
Treaty of Paris
*The treaty of Paris was signed on september 3, 1783
*The treaty ended the American Revolution adn it recognized the U.S. as an independent state
*It was signed by John Adems, B. Franklin and John Jay. -
Land Ordinance of 1785
*Raise money throught the sale of land -
Shay's Rebellion
*From 1786 to 1787
*Farmers suffered from high dept
*Farmers who could not pay was put in prison
*Daniel Shay organized reblles they called Shaysites -
Federalist/ Anti- Federalist papers
*Written and published 1787 and 1788
*written in New York State newspapers to persuade New York vorers to ratify to proposed the Constitution *Arguments against ratifivation -
Land Ordinance of 1787
*Northwest ordinance
*Acts of congress of confedertation -
Contitutionsl Convention
*during the convention the delegants rewrote the Articles of Confederation
*Rhode Island refused and they oppoesed to strong central government
*Excluded
-Native Americans
-African Americans
-Women -
Whiskey Rebellion
*Protest of a tax in the U.S during the predinci of Gorge Washington. -
Mercantilism
*It was the European theory of trade from the 1500's to the 1800's.
*Nations should export more than is imported.
