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Establishment of Jamestown as a colony
About 104 English men and boys move to North America to start a new life. They pick Jamestown in Virginia. The town is named after the King James. -
Establishment of Massachusetts as a colony
King Charles 1 of England granted the Massachusetts Bay Company a trade. They colonize approximately between the Charles and Merrimack Rivers. The settlement began in 1630 -
Sugar Act
This act means prohibited the importation of all foreign rum. A retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar. Also cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3% per gallon. -
Stamp Act
Had to pay British troops during the long war. This act mean the colonists had to pay taxes. But only on things with a stamp like playing cards, documents, and papers. -
Boston Massacre
Seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians. This killed five people and wounded six more. This was angering an entire colony. -
Boston Tea Party
This was an act of protest which a group of 60 people jumped on the boats and threw 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. This was for the taxation without representation. A political protest. -
Intolerable Act
They used this act to get back them for the Boston Tea Party. This was one of the four laws they passed. It limited colonial power and reinstated royal governance. -
Declaration of Independence
It not an legally binding, but its it powerful. This mean the states principles on which our government and more. This day we becamed free and independent. -
Great Compromise ( connecticut)
This settled the method of representation. It have to be an equal on the vote. This shows that large states is not better the small ones. -
Signing of US Constitution
It was 55 delegates signed the new document. George Washington was the first one to signed. This was to give the power in the people who in it