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a mob had gathered outside of the customs house in Boston. Many angry citizens gathered outside and started "Heckling" soldiers that were on duty. they called them names to mock the color of their coats, after more soldiers and more colonists came there was a shooting and ended with the death of 5 colonist
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John Andrews sent a letter to the king explaining that indians dumped 18,000 pounds of tea.
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king George the third was infuriated with what happened so the five intolerable acts were created. one law shut down Boston Harbor and aslo the quartering act which said that soldiers were allowed in other people's homes.
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thomas Jefferson was the 3rd president of the U.S. he also wrote the Declaration of Independance.
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The declaration of independence was written by Thomas Jefferson the declaration states flatly that "all men are created equal".
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This is a type of government in a set of laws. two levels of government share fundamental powers. they were split into state and national, state governments were in charge of supreme matters, and then national government was in charge of other matters.
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This Treaty confirmed the independence of the united states and set the new boundaries of the nation.
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a group of over 1000 farmers gathering to rebell against debt. in 1787 the rebells marched in the snow going to the springfield arsenal. the geovernment called the militia and that ended with the death of 4 rebels.
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This branch of government was in charge of enforcing and carrying out the laws.
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This branch of government was in charge of making and creating laws.
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This branch of government was in charge of interpreting the laws.
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federalism is a form of government that divided powers between the national and state governments. the national government was granted the power to foreign affairs, national defense, regulate trades, and coining money, these were known as enumerated powers. the state government was in charge of providing education, establishing marriage laws, and regulating trade within states, these were known as reserved powers.
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during this time period there was controversy over the constitution. thomas jefferson believed that the lack of a bill of rights was a big draw back towards ratifacation of the constitution.
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George washington really had no desire of becoming president. the people elected geroge washington in 1789 when news had reached him about him being elected he rushed to new york to take the oath.
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the national bank was the idea of Alexander Hamilton he was secretary of state. His idea of the bank was they would hand out paper money and they would also handle tax receipts and other government funds.
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the bill of rights was the first ten amendments the first eight of them are personal liberties the states had requested. the last two of them are limits on the national government.
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the two-party system was
