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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation was passed on October 7th, 1763. This Proclamation was issued to avoid tension with the Native Americans. the British during this time were financially unstable the reason behind this was that they fought for four years, this is also known as The French and Indian Wars. The first settlers were kicked out of their settlements not many of them left. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was issued in April 5th, 1764. It was issued because the British wanted smuggling of sugar and molasses to end. The British were taxing the colonies because they had war debt because of the French and Indian Wars. The colonist hated this act because sugar was a top priority in most to all homes. The colonist would come up with a issue called " taxation without representation" this would cause the colonist to be angry with the British. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed in March 22nd, 1765 by the British Parliament. This Act was to tax the colonist on documents, licenses, newspapers etc. The British were imposing this Act to get money to pay off the war debt. The reason the British made these acts because they were broke. The British taxed nearly everything that the everyday colonist would use in their everyday life's. The colonist would have to pay for sugar; stamps many of them were upset and rebelled against the British Crown. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Acts was issued on May 15th,1765. This act stated that British officers who fought in the French and Indian War could be stationed at any house of their choice.The colonist could not refuse to let the soldiers spend the night in their home.The reason that they stayed at people homes was because the British couldn't make camps for the soldiers because they were in war debt.The colonist saw no need for soldiers to be stationed in the colonies.Many colonist refused to house soldiers. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act declared that the British Parliament repeal the Stamp Act. Parliament had taxed the colonies though the Sugar Act in 1764 and the Stamp Act in 1765. The colonist were celebrating their victory because the had accomplished their goal of getting rid of the Stamp Act. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was introduced in 1767. This act taxed items such as glass, lead,paper and tea. This act also helped the British pay off war debts. The colonist started a boycott of British goods. The Sons of Liberty a secret society of American business leaders made the phrase "taxation without representation". 24 towns in Mass., Conn, and Rhode Island agreed to boycott British goods in January 1768. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a riot that happened on March 5, 1770. It occurred on on King St. in Boston. The cause of this massacre was a angry colonist was insulting and threatening Private Hugh White. The colonist was throwing rocks, snowballs and ice at White so White struck the colonist with his bayonet. This would later be one of the first open fire shootings to occur. The end result was a bloodshed five colonist were killed and six were injured. -
Monterey, California established
On June 3, 1770 A town of Monterey, California was established by Father Junípero Serra and explorer Gaspar de Portolà. Monterey would serve as the capital of California from 1777 to 1849 under the flags of Spain and Mexico. -
Anglo American government
In May of 1772 The first independent Anglo-American government is founded by the Watauga Association in East Tennessee, a group of settlers needing mutual protection along the Watauga River. The agreement allowed for a five man court to act as the government. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists were frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” they dumped 342 chests of British tea into the harbor. The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. -
Boston Port Act
The Boston Port Act was passed on March 31st, 1774 by Great Britain. The Boston Port Act was made to punish the settlers of Boston, Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. The Port Act was one of a series of the British Laws that refer back to the Intolerable Acts passed my Parliament of Great Britain. The other colonies would sympathize with the people of Boston because of harsh treatment. many colonist saw the Boston Port Act ad a violation to their constitutional rights (natural rights). -
The Intolerable Acts
On June 2, 1774 The Intolerable Acts, including the reestablishment of the Quartering Act, requiring colonists allow British soldiers into their homes, and the reduction of Massachusetts self-rule, are enacted by the British government. -
Washington’s Proclamation of Neutrality
A proclamation given by President George Washington saying that America will be neutral with the conflict between Great Britain and France. America would not support any nation during this time period. -
Jay's Treaty
A treaty between Britannic Majesty and the United States of America stating they have a treaty of Amity,Commerce, and Navigation. -
Washington’s Farewell Address
It was the way Washington said his farewell to the presidency. Washington talks about the dangers of diverse politic parties and different alliances between the United States and other countries. -
Cheasapeake-Leopard Affair
A naval meeting between the British warship Leopard and the American frigate by the name of Chesapeake. The British attacked and boarded the Chesapeake in search for deserters from the British Navy. -
Embargo Act of 1807
An Act passed by President Thomas Jefferson stating that American ships would be prohibited from trading to all foreign ports. This act was not a success for America because it caused economic chaos and did little to nothing to France and England. -
Tecumseh
Tecumseh was a Native American Shawnee chief and warrior that became the main leader of a multi- tribal confederacy in 1812. -
War Hawks
Congressmen believed that America should have Canada. They were all supporting the war of 1812, so America can expand and get Canada. -
Impressment of Sailors
One of the causes of the war of 1812. The British would border American naval ships and kidnap American sailors so that they can service the British without option, they were all forced into service. This was very common with the English. -
Tecumseh's War
Tecumseh's War was a conflict between the United States and an American Indian confederacy led by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh in the Indiana Territory. Resulted in the United States winning. -
Treaty of Ghent
The peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. Both counties signed on December 24,1814 in Ghent, Netherlands. -
Tariff of 1828
The Tariff of 1828 or the Tariff of Abominations was a tariff that was passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19th, 1828. It was made to protect industry in the Northern part of the United States. -
Webster - Hayne Debates
A debate between Senator Webster of Massachusetts and Senator Robert Hayne of South Carolina that took place on January 19, 1830 on the topic of protectionist tariffs. The heated speeches between Webster and Hayne themselves were unplanned, and stemmed from debate over a resolution by Connecticut Senator Samuel A. Foot calling for the temporary suspension of further land surveying until land already on the market was sold this would effectively stop the introduction of new lands onto the market. -
The Indian Removal Act
Signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. This law authorized the president to take any land west of the Mississippi in exchange for Native American lands. -
Trail of Tears 1838 to 1839
Part of Andrew Jacksons Indian removal policy. The Cherokee nation was forced to move out of their native lands and had to migrate east of the Mississippi River to get to present day Oklahoma. -
The Treaty of Constantinople
The Treaty of Constantinople, This is the treaty that resulted from 1832's Constantinople Conference between France, Britain, Russia and the Ottoman Empire. The agreements that were reached had defined the independence of Greece, and were able to culminate the difficulties that had come from the earlier Greek War of Independence. It was agreed that Otto of Bavaria would become King of Greece on attaining his majority. -
The Baptist War
The Baptist War, also known as the Christmas Rebellion, was an eleven-day rebellion that mobilized as many as sixty thousand of Jamaica’s three hundred thousand slaves in 1831–1832. It was considered the largest slave rebellion in the British Caribbean. The name Christmas Rebellion came from the fact that the uprising began shortly after December 25. It was also called the Baptist War because many of the rebels were Baptist in faith. -
Black Hawk War
The conflict was fought in 1832 and was called the Black Hawk War it was between the United States and Native Americans. It was led on the Native American side by the Sauk leader Black Hawk. The trigger point for the war was when Black Hawk and warriors from the Kickapoos, Meskwakis and Sauks crossed the Mississippi River into the territory of Illinois. Though Black Hawk’s motives were mysterious his intent was to recapture the land that the US had claimed in the 1804 treaty without bloodshed. -
Proclamation to the People of South Carolina
The Proclamation to the People of South Carolina was written by Edward Livingston and issued by Andrew Jackson on December 10, 1832. Written at the height of the Nullification Crisis, the proclamation directly responds to the Ordinance of Nullification passed by the South Carolina legislature in November 1833. -
The Whig Party
An party that was organized in 1834 to bring together a loose alliance of groups in their opposition to what being a party is suppose to do and who should be on the party. -
Battle of Alamo
In December 1835, in the early stages of Texas' war for independence from Mexico, a group of Texan or Texians volunteers led by George Collinsworth and Benjamin Milam overwhelmed the Mexican garrison at the Alamo and captured the fort, seizing control of San Antonio. -
The Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States financial and economic conditions in the nation following changes in the banking system initiated by President Andrew Jackson and his Specie Circular that effectively dried up credit. United States that touched off a major recession Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up. Pessimism abounded during the time.