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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta/Great Charter
-required King John of England to proclaim certain liberties
-led to the rule of the Constitutional Law -
Jan 1, 1500
Mercantilism
-theory of trade espoused by major European powers
-reaction against economic problems of earlier times
-put into practice under Navigation acts -
Jamestown Colony (est.)
-1st successful English settlement
-named for King James I of England
-founded in Colony of VA -
House of Burgess (est.)
-1st assmebly of elected representatives
-1st meeting was in Jamestown, VA
-moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg -
Mayflower Compact
-first governing document of Plymouth County
-written by Pilgrims
-social contract in which settlers agreed to follow compacts rules and regulations for survival -
Plymouth Colony (est.)
-English colonial venture
-1st settlement was at New Plymouth
-founded by Anglicans and Separatists
-started Thanksgiving -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
-describe fovernment set up by Connecticut River towns
-features of a costitution
-gave men more voting rights -
Culpeper's rebellion
-popular uprising in Albemarle, Carolina
-protested British Naviation Acts -
Glorius Revolution
-overthrow of King James II
-William invaded England
-also termed "Blooded REvolution"
-ended all attempts of the Duch Wars -
English Bill of Rights
-first 10 ammendments to the Constitution
-rights were so important that the states insisted on a promise
-1st ammendment is most important -
Salem Witch Trials
-series of hearings before trials to prosecute people of witchcraft
-conducted in Salem Village, Ipswich, and Andover -
First Great Awakening
-Christian movement that swept out Protestant Europe and British American
-brought Christianity to African slaves
-made Christianity personal -
Albany Plan of Union
-early attempt at forming a union of colonies
-inspired the Articles of Confederation -
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French and Indian War
-war between Great Britian and France
-often called 7 years war
-British government fell and William Pitt came to power
-confirmed Britian's position as the dominant colonial power -
Pontiac's Rebellion
-began when Native Americans were offended by politics
-attacked forst and settlements of British
-led to American Revolution -
Proclamation Line of 1763
-attempt to prevent colonists from going west and past the App Mountains
-British did this to prevent future issues between Native Americans and colonists -
Sugar/Revenus Act of 1764
-merchants were required to pay tax of 6 pence per gallon of mollasses
-first tax imposed on American colonies by British parliament -
Sons of Liberty
-political group made of American patriots
-formed to protect rights of colonists from usurpations by British government -
Stamp Act
-passed by Biritish Parliament
-new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay tax on every piece of printed paper they used
-money collected was used to help pay costs of defnding and protecting American frontier near the App Mountains -
Virginia Resolves
-series of resolutions passed by VA General Assembly in response to Stamp Act
-claimed that VA was subject to taxation -
Townsend Act
-placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea
-Britian eventually repealed all the taxes except the one on tea -
Boston Massacre
-the killing of 5 colonists by British regulars
-50 citizens attacked a British sentinel
-town meeting demanded the removal of the British
-signal event that led to the Revolutionary War -
Gaspee Incident
-British navy ship chased a ship who was smuggling goods
-people from that ship set the Gaspee on fire
-outbreak of war between American colognies and the mother country -
Committees of Correspondance
-shadow governments
-coordinated responses to Britian and shared their plans -
Tea Act
-designed to prop up East India Com. which was burdened with eight million pounds of unsold tea
-cargoes of tea filled the harbor, and the ships were stalled in Boston looking for work
-led to the Boston Tea Party -
Boston Tea Party
-tea arrived in harbor
-when tea went overboard, the War for Independence was beginning -
Intolerable Acts
-Boston Port Bill: king closed Boston Harbor
-Quartering Act: king sent troops to Boston
-Administration of Justice Act: British officials could not be tried in courts for crimes
-Massacheusetts Government Act: British government was in charge for all town meetings
-Quebec Act: bill that cut off western colonies of Connecticut, Massacheusetts, and Virginia. -
First Continental Congress
-when representatives debated issuses of rights of colonists as a group
-British Parliament didn't have the right to pass laws
-British only had rights to regulate trade -
Edenton Tea Party
-political protest
-51 women vowed to give up tea -
Mecklenburg Resolves
-list of statements saying Parliament laws were void
-royal authority in America was suspended -
Second Continental Congress
-13 colonies met (delegates) after Revolutionary war
-moved towards independence -
Halifax Resolves
-movement in colonies for declaring independence
-led to the issue of the Declaration of Independence -
Declaration of Independence
-statement that announced 13 colonies at war with Great Britian
-stated that they were no longer part of the British Empire
-inspired work for the rights of marginalized people -
Federalist/anti-Federalist Papers
-FED: purpose was to gain popular support for the Constitution
-ANTI-FED: concerns were mentioned in Bill of Rights and brough individual rights -
Articles of Confederation
-voting done by states
-taxes were based upon value of buildings and land, not by population -
Treaty of Paris 1783
-ended Revolutionary War
-most famous for being exceedingly generous to US -
Land Ordinance of 1785
-law that allowed for sales of land in NW territory
-set up standards for land sale -
Shay's Rebellion
-armed insurrection by farmers against government
-farmers petitioned state senate to paper money after depression
-Massacheusetts ratified US Constitution -
Constitutional Convention
-addressed problems in governing in USA
-intended to revise the Articles of confederation
-wanted to create a new government -
Land Ordinance of 1787
-act of Congress
-purpose was the creation of NW territory as the first organized territory of the US -
Whiskey Rebellion
-tax protest
-farmers who sold corn in whiskey from had to pay new tax
-demonstrated government had the ability to supress violent resistance to its laws
