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Jun 15, 1215
magna carta/ great charter
signed by king john
created parlament
info:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta
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James town colony
settled by the vergina company
fist english colony the lasted info:http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=6
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House of Burgess
The first legislature in the English colonies in America
became a symbol of representative government info: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/houseofburgesses.htm
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Mayflower Compact
temporarily established government
superseded by Peirce Patent
info:http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/PrimarySources/MayflowerCompact.php
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plymouth colony
first puriten colony
had first thanks giving there
info: http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/plymouth/
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Fundamental orders of connecticut
consittered on of the first written constittion in western world that created govenment
3 towns were represnted
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Glorious Revolution
william of orange took the english throne for james II
only blood shed was the king info:http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/quinn.revolution.1688
pic: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/William_III_Landing_at_Brixham,_Torbay,_5_November_1688.jpg/220px-William_III_Landing_at_Brixham,_Torbay,_5_November_1688.jpg -
Boston Tea Party
american colonists threw tea over board bristish ships
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English Bill of Rights
signed by king william III
serves to ensure rights of the english info:http://www.thegloriousrevolution.org/docs/english%20bill%20of%20rights.htm
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Salem witch trials
people where accused of witchcraft
29 people where convicted and killed info:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials
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first great awakening
christion revitalization movement
also brought christianity to African slaves http://www.conservapedia.com/First_Great_Awakening
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French and Indian war
frence and english battle to dominate north america
caused taxes to the colonies to pay for the war
info:http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/frin.htm
pic:http://www.google.com/imgres?q=french+and+indian+war&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1024&bih=571&tbm=isch&tbnid=aTJoY6H9yiRriM:&imgrefurl=http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/french-indian.htm&docid=faS2adYGPbwhdM&imgurl=http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/images4/kckbritish-era-1763-75.png&w=358&h=306&ei=wK0lT46mDonV0QH3oOThCA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=0&sig= -
albany plan of union
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Mercantilism
theory that nation should export more then it inports
made american colonies just produce raw materials for england info:http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h622.html
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pontiacs rebellion
after the frence and indian war relations with the english and indians was strainded
indian chef polted many attacts on brittish fort and they took 8
becaome know as Pontiac's Rebellion
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Proclamation line of 1763
closed westword ecpansion for the colonies
was make to protect them from indans info:http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.htm
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sugar revenue act of 1764
tax on cloth coffee silk and suger
caused hardship on new england and middle colonies pic:http://www.manhattanrarebooks-history.com/sugar_act.htm
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Stamp Act
tax on all printed stuff info: http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm
pic:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Proof_sheet_of_one_penny_stamps_Stamp_Act_1765.jpg -
virginia resolves
written in responce to the stamp act
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Sons of liberty
a group of shopkeepers at first
resonsable for the boston tea party http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sons.htm -
townshend act
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea
Bostonians stoped buying brithish goods pic:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CharlesTownshend.jpg -
Boston Massacre
patriot mob shot into by british
event that lead to armed rebellion photo:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_Massacre_high-res.jpg -
gaspee incident
hms gaspee ran aground and americans robed and set the ship on fire
made british try to get more control
info:http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/americanrevolution/Gaspee.htm
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committees of correspondence
shodow goverments orginized by patrot leaders
they served an important role in the revolution
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tea Act
lead to boston tea party
launched revelutionty war
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Intolerable Acts
The english government large amounts of troops to the americas
info: http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/intolerable.htm
pic: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.usfca.edu/fac_staff/conwell/revolution/first.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.usfca.edu/fac_staff/conwell/revolution/congress.htm&usg=__3bhqml2Rv4MLOkHlmZeYpfB2np0=&h=346&w=494&sz=124&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&tbnid=oFAiK5CwD1kckM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=130&ei=TaghT7adJsPptgfKpdCkCw&prev=/search?q=Intolerable+Acts&um=1&hl=e -
first continetal congress
attented by 56 people from 12 of the 13 colonies
it
It was agreed tomake know to the King and Parliament the grievances of the colonies
info: http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/congress.htm
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second continetal congress
agreed yo make a contintal army
also authorized the printing of money
info: http://www.ushistory.org/us/10e.asp
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declaratuin of independence
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Articales of Confederation
first U.S constitution
left most of the power with the states
info: http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/articles.html
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treaty of paris 1783
ended the American Revolutionary War
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Constitutional Convention
the stated the plan was to revise the articles of confedeation
made the uppen house and lower house info: http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h368.html
PIC:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scene_at_the_Signing_of_the_Constitution_of_the_United_States.png -
land ordinance of 1787
called for western lands to be survayed
told the mininum price for an acre for land was $1.00
http://www.in.gov/history/2478.htm
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land ordinance of 1787
set up a goverment for the western territes
the goverment would stary that way till the territior hit 5,000 voters
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sshay's rebellion
first mojor armed rebelion in post-revelionay times info:http://www.ushistory.org/us/15a.asp
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wiskey rebellion
a series of attacks on excise agents by farmers in pennsylvania
caused by a excise tax imposed on whiskey
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/whiskey/
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federalist/anti-federalist papers
were papers and speechs supporting eather the federalist/anti-federalist
Ex. patrick henerys speecks James Wilson speech http://www.constitution.org/afp/afp.htm
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