American History Test 2 Review

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1763 - 1783

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The American Revolution

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1760

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George III assumes the British throne

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1764

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Sugar Act (collection of revenue by reducing the tax on molasses and discouraging smuggling)

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1765

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Stamp Act (direct tax on all printed materials)
Sons of Liberty organized (opponents of the Stamp Act)
Stamp Act Congress (meeting of 9 out the 13 colonies in New York City)

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1767

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Townshend Acts (taxation on imported goods such as paper, glass, paint, lead, and tea)

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1768

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Liberty riots (boycotting all European goods)
British troops stationed in Boston (due to rioting that followed the British seizure of the ship Liberty for violating trade regulations)

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1770

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Boston Massacre (Bostonians throwing snow balls to the British Army; caused the army to fire back)

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1773

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Tea Act (taxation on tea as part of an effort to hel the falling East India Company)
Boston Tea Party

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1774

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Intolerable Acts (closed the port of Boston and restrict the colony's political autonomy)
Continental Congress convenes
Thomas Jefferson's A Summary View of the Rights of British America

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1775

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Lord Dunmore's proclamation (targeting slaves to fight with the British and gain thier freedom)
Battles at Lexington and Concord (the begining of the American Revolution)

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1776

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Thomas Paine's Common Sense (argument for freedom from British rule)
Declaration of Independence
Battle of Trenton (victory over the Hessain soldiers; very cold weather)

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1777

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Battle of Saratoga (significant victory for the Americans, General Burgoyne surrendered)

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1778

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French Treaty of Amity and Commerce (France recognized the American colonies as the United States and provided military assistance)

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1781

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Conrwallis surrenders (defeated by George Washington at Yorktown)

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1783

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Treaty of Paris (ended the american revolution against the British, and the United States was born and acknowledge)

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1700

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Sameuel Sewall's The Selling of Joseph, first antislavery tract in America

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1770s

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Freedom petitions presented by slaves to New England courts

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1776

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Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations (Inflation occurred; many wanted government to interfere, but Smith's book recommended to establish free market)
John Adams' Thoughts on Government (balance government; a two house legislature composed of the upper house, represented by the wealthy, and the lower house, represented by the ordinary men)

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1777

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Vermont state constitution bans slavery

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1779

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Thomas Jefferson writes Bill of Establishing Religious Freedom

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1780

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Robert Morris becomes director of congressional fiscal party

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1782

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Deborah Sampson enlist in Continental army (disguised as man, she served in the army for 17 months, until honorably discharged after being wounded)

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1790

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First national census (3,929,326 residents, with 697,681 slaves)

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1792

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Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences (painting by Samuel Jennings, linking slavery with tyranny and liberty with abolition)

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1772

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Somerset case (English court ruled slavery was unlawful in England)

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1777

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Articles of Confederation drafted

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1781

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Articles of Confederation ratified

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1782

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Letters from an American Farmer (written by Jean de Crevecoeur, views American as melting pot and their new vies on free society; consciously acknowleding slavery)

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1784-1785

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Land Ordinances approved (measures that defined which western lands would be marketed and settled)

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1785

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Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia (Thomas Jefferson's view of black being inferior race; Jefferson an extreme racist)

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1786-1787

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Shay's Rebellion (debt-ridden farmers rebellion against Massachusetts courts seizing their land for failure to pay taxes)

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1787

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787 (establishment of three to five states, north of Ohio River valley and east of Mississippii river)
Consitutional Convention convened (55 people to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new constitution)

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1788

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The Federalist (articles and papers written by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay)
Constitution ratified

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1790

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Little Turtle defeated at Battle of Fallen Timbers (lallowed the Americans to take over the northwestern territories)

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1795

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Treaty of Greenville (treaty after the Battle of Fallen Timbers, which Indians gave the Americans most of the Ohio River valley)

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1808

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Congress prohibits the slave trade

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1789

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Inauguration of George Washington
French Revolution begins (King Louis XVI was executed in 1793)

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1791

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Bank of the United States (proposed by Alexander Hamilton)

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1791-1804

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Haitian Revolution (fighting off the British to gain their independence led by Toussaint L'Ouverture)

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1792

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Sarah Morton's The African Chief
Mary Wollstonescraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Thomas Paine's Rights of Man

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1793

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Washington's neutrality proclamation (US and France allies; war between France and Britian; Washington declare neutral)
First federal fugitive slave law (providing federal and state support to facilitate the return of escaped slaves)

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1794

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Jay's Treaty (Supporting Britian's import goods; cancelled the American-French allience)
Whiskey Rebellion (refused to pay tax on distilled spirits; Washington sent army to deal with rebellion)

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1797

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Inauguration of John Adams

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1798

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XYZ affair (strained relations between France and US; caused undeclared naval war, AKA Quasi-War)
Alien and Sedition Acts (Alien, the right for federal government to deport dangerous people; Sedition, the right to arrest anyone who publishes "false, scandalous" papers.

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1799

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John Frie's Rebellion (release of arrested men due to taxation for expasion on army and navy forces)

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1800

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Gabriel's Rebellion (occured in Virginia, fighting for liberty and freedom)

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1801

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Inauguration of Thomas Jefferson (only won by having the majority of the south's votes, which included the slaves vote)

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1803

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Louisiana Purchase (bought by US from France for $15 million)
Marbury vs Madison (it formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review; delcared Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional)

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1804-1806

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Lewis and Clark expedition (explored the new territory, guided by Sacajawea, after the Louisana purchase)

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1807

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Embargo Act (ban all American vessles sailing for foreign ports; purpose was for Europe to acknowledge importance of American goods; this failed to get their attention)

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1809

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Inauguration of James Madison

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1811

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Battle of Tippacance (the destruction of Prophetstown, where Tenskawatawa called all Indians to unite and fight of the American settlers from taking thier land)

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1812-1814

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War of 1812 (congress delcared war on Britian, it ended in 1814)

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1814

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Hartford Convention (gathering of the Federialist party; aginst war; eliminate 3/5 clause, requirement of 2/3 vote to allow new states to enter union, declare war, and laws restricting trade)
Treaty of Ghent (ended the war between the Americans and the British, signed on December 1814)

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1815

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Battle of New Orleans (Andew Jackson defeated the British, on January 1815)