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Navigation Acts
laws set to govern trade between Britain and its colonies. It required to ship certain products exclusively to Britain. Made colonists mad because it limited their trading with other countries -
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Seven Year War
aka the French and Indian war. Was a war fought by French and British in east part of North America over control of the Ohio River Valley. English defeated French in1763. It had established Britain as number one world power and began to gradually change attitudes of the colonists toward England for the worse -
Treaty of Paris 1763
ended the seven year war. France lost Canada, land east of the Mississippi (both to Britain), New Orleans and West of Mississippi (to Spain) -
Proclamation of 1763
proclamation from British government, which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mts., and moves back to east. -
Stamp Act
Tax that B. Parliament placed on Printed paper, such as newspapers and official docs. sold in American colonies -
Sons of Liberty
Political organization formed by Sam Adams after the passing of the stamp act. They protested many acts. Used both peaceful and violent means of protest -
Quartering act
colonists were forced to house British soldiers in their homes -
declaratory act
The act declared Parliament's right to legislate for the colonies for whatever reason.The purpose of the act was to claim Parliament's control over all colonial incidents -
Townshend Acts
laws passed to tax goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea -
Boston Massacre
Incident that led to the death of 5 civilians at the hands of British troops -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists protested against increased tea prices. They dressed up as Native Americans and dumped British tea into Boston Harbor -
Coercive Acts
This series of laws were very harsh laws that intended to make Massachusetts pay for its resistance. It also closed down the Boston Harbor until the Massachusetts colonists paid for the ruined tea. Also forced Bostonians to shelter soldiers in their own homes. -
Intolerable Acts
A response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed , Port of Boston closed, reduced power of assemblies in colonies, permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided for quartering of troop's in barns and empty houses -
1st Continental Congress
On September 1774, delegates from 12 colonies gathered in Philadelphia. After debating, the delegates passed a resolution backing Mass. in its struggle. Decided to boycott all British goods and to stop exporting goods to Britain until the Intolerable Act was canceled. -
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2nd Continental Congress
1)Sent the "Olive Branch Petition" 2)Created a continental army with George Washington as the leader. 3)Agreed to write a formal letter declaring their independence from England. -
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Committees of Correspondence
organized network for passing along news of British activity to the colonies. during relolutionary war -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first battle of the Revolution in which British general Thomas Gage went after the stockpiled weapons of the colonists in Concord, Massachusetts. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
First major battle of the Revolutions. It showed that the Americans could hold their own, but the British were also not easy to defeat. Ultimately, the Americans were forced to withdraw after running out of ammunition, and Bunker Hill was in British hands. However, the British suffered more deaths. -
Thomas Paine/ Common Sense
Patriot and writer of Pamphlet common sense was published, convinced many Americans that it was time to declare independence from Britain -
Declaration of Independence
the document recording the proclamation of the Second Continental Congress asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain. established the 13 American colonies as independent states, free from rule by Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson wrote the majority of this document -
Independence Day
Colonists declared independence from British rule -
Battle of Trenton/ crossing the Delaware
Washington lead American troops to attack Hessian camp at Trenton and British camp at Princeton by first crossing the icy Delaware River on Christmas night. Boosted moral for the army and convinced members of the army to re-enlist. -
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Valley Forge
Place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778, a 4th of troops died here from disease and malnutrition, Steuben comes and trains troops -
French Alliance
French formed an alliance with America. the French promised the colonists independence and supplies, and gave the U.S. commercial privileges in French ports to avenge the British for the French defeat in the French and Indian war. in return, the us promised to continue fighting until France was ready for peace -
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Battle of Yorktown
Last major battle of the Revolutionary War. Cornwallis and his troops were trapped in the Chesapeake Bay by the French fleet. He was sandwiched between the French navy and the American army. He surrendered October 19, 1781. -
Land Ordinance
It set up a standardized system whereby settlers could purchase title to farmland in the undeveloped west. -
Shays Rebellion
this conflict in Massachusetts caused many to criticize the Articles of Confederation and admit the weak central government was not working; uprising led by Daniel Shays in an effort to prevent courts from foreclosing on the farms of those who could not pay the taxes -
Conneticut (great) Compromise
the agreement by which Congress would have two houses, the Senate (where each state gets equal representation-two senators) and the House of Representatives (where representation is based on population). -
3/5 compromise
the agreement by which the number of each state's representatives in Congress would be based on a count of all the free people plus three-fifths of the slaves -
Constitutional Convention
1787 meeting in which the US Constitution was created
Opened on May 25, 1787. First order of business was to nominate the president of the convention
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New Jersey Plan
New Jersey delegate William Paterson's plan of government, in which states got an equal number of representatives in Congress -
Northwest Ordinance 1787
Law that described how the Northwest Territory was to be governed
The bill had many democratic rights
As the territory grew in population it would gain rights to self-government -
constitution
delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document in Philadelphia -
Virginia plan
Virginia delegate James Madison's plan of government, in which states got a number of representatives in Congress based on their population, Two houses -
Whiskey Rebellion
Many western farmers refused to register their stills at local tax offices. Protests and riots west of the Appalachian continued for 3 years. Tax collectors were tarred and feathered. Government officials were threatened. Even mail delivery was disrupted