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jamestown founded
1st permanit colony
wanted money -
virginia House of Burgesses
group of men creating the 1st legislative body
1st representive government -
Mayflower Compact
1st written framework of government established in what s now the united states. -
Fundamental Orders of Conn.
said to be AMERICAS 1st written constitution (document) -
French and Indian War
French VS. British!!!
britan colonies ohio rver valey & territories in North America. -
War Ends
the french and indian war -
Treaty of Paris of 1763
the war put England in debt
Pay the war bill through taxes. -
Proclamation of 1763
Indians rights to the land
did not allow colonist to settle west of Appalchin Mountains -
currency act
brittan assumed control of colonial currency system
trade as regulated by britan -
stamp act
taxed anything printed on paper by forcing colonist to buy a stamp
boycott- to stop buying
repeald(take back) -
Quartering Act
made the colonist house and feed britsh soldier -
Townshed Act
made colonist pay taxes on imported tea, glass, paper, and other items
the daughters of liberty -
Boston Massacre
5 men or colonist were killed because of refusing to pay taxes -
Tea Act
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. Its principal overt objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. -
Boston Tea Party
they dumped tea into ocean. -
Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
was the Patriot name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament. -
1st Continental Congress
a convention of delegates from twelve colonies (Georgia was not present) that met -
2nd Contiental Congress
the colonist meet the military threat of the British -
battles of Lexington and Concord
the first battles -
Declaration of Independence
a statement adopted by the Continental Congress -
Battle of Saratoga
turning point of the Revolutionary War. -
Articles of Confederation Written
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Valley Forge
Pennsylvania was the site of the military camp
winter frost bite -
Battle of Yorktown
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Articles of Confederation were in force
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Treaty of Paris of 1783
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Constitutional Convention
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Great Compromise
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3/5 Compromise
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Constitution Written
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Washington Takes Office
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Bill of Rights
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Genet Affairs
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Pinckney's Treaty
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Jay's Treaty
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Adams Takes Office
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XYZ Affairs
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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Quasi War Begins
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Jefferson Takes Office
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Louisiana Purchase
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Marbury VS. Madison
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Lewis&Clark Expedition
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Embargo Act
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McCulloch VS. Maryland
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gibbons VS. Ogden