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French and Indian War
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(1754-1763) The french and indian war was fought by French armies and Native americans together against Britian and english colonists. While some Indians stayed on the british side most of them were afraid that if the english won the war that they would invade there land as well as the French's. Result: france lost most of its power in North America, spanish got New Orleans and all French territory west of the mississippi river, Britain got Canada and all French territory east of the mississippi river, except new orleans. Britain placed its colonies under strict control and began taxing them to help pay for the cost of the war.
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*Proclamation of 1763
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A proclamation to control the colonists from venturing west after the French and Indian war. It was to calm the indians so they would not rebel. Colonists felt that the reason of the proclamation was because the crown wanted to pen them into atlantic territories so they were easier to control.
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Sugar Act
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Merchants are taxed six pence per gallon of molasasses that was foreign. Most of the colonists evaded this tax by illegally importing molassaes. This hurt the british trade of sugar/molasses that was used in the colonies to make rum, instead the colonists used french sugar/molasses. The sugar act reduced the tax although did not get rid of it completely, and the act also listed other foreign goods that are taxed now and must be enforced. This lead to a large decrease in trade, and angered many colonists. This added to the revolt that would happen with the stamp act.
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*Stamp Act
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1765, a document that enforced a tax upon paper imports in the colonies.
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The Townshend Acts (including their effects in NY)
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Taxing on paint, lead, paper, oil, glass and tea. People are angered by the new tax and even more so then after the stamp act, when a store is shut down for not abiding by the trade rules in boston. Crowds mobed the custom office, and this lead to british army ships stepping in. The colonists decided they would lose and decided to have a no importation agreement to dry up english trade. On the same day of the townshed acts the Ny restraining act, which suspended the court of NY until it complied with the Quartering act, an act to make colonies be taxed.
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The Boston Massacre
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The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British soldiers on March 5, 1770. It was the culmination of civilian-military tensions that had been growing since royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts.
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The Tea Act
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This act would spark the boston revolutionary movement, it imposed no new taxes however was going to be used to prop up east india trading company because they had excess tea. They planned to sell the tea to the colonists for bargin price, however many merchants and people thought it was a way that the british were going to get the colonists to support taxes already in force and take away business for local trade.
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*The Intolerable Acts
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1774
These acts were in result of the boston tea party that were issued by the british government that stated: the trials of colonists would be moved from the colonies to england because the british believed that the american colonies would not judge fairly. The intolerable act banned town meetings unless the royal crown knew about them. The Act closed the boston ports until the cost of the dumped tea was recovered. And that the colonists would have to house the british troops. The act cost american colonies tons of money for the closing of one of their main ports, and angered many colonists. Instead of calming down rebelous activity instead it reved the colonists up for revolution |
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The Albany Congress
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In June of 1754, representatives from seven colonies met with 150 Iroquois Chiefs in Albany, New York. The purposes of the Albany Congress were twofold; to try to secure the support and cooperation of the Iroquois in fighting the French, and to form a colonial alliance based on a design by Benjamin Franklin. The plan of union was passed unanimously. But when the delegates returned to their colonies with the plan, not a single provincial legislature would ratify it.
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*The Declaration of Independence
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1776- the thirteen colonies now are there own states and are apart from great britian and states that all men are created equal with rights and the government should never be able to take these rights away. Despite the peaceful attempts of asking for the crown to change they were ignored and now the new government will reserve the right to levy war, make peace, make alliances with foreign nations, conduct trade, and do anything else that nations do.
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The Olive Branch Petition
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The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1775 in an attempt to avoid a full-blown war with England. The petition affirmed American loyalty to England and entreated the king to prevent further conflict. The petition was rejected, and in August 1775 the colonies were formally declared in rebellion
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord
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1775 The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in the town of Concord, just outside of Boston. The colonists had word of the British Army plans and prepared themselves with a militia named minuetmen (named that because of the short amount of time they had to prepare) the Minuetmen are quite outnumbered at first and retreat, however when the british army marches back to boston are attacked all along the way by new gathering fighters from the colonies.
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The Battle of Bunker Hill
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the leaders of the colonial forces besieging Boston learned that the British generals were planning to send troops out from the city to occupy the unoccupied hills surrounding the city. In response to this intelligence, 1,200 colonial troops stealthily occupied Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill, constructed an earthen redoubt on Breed's Hill, and built lightly fortified lines across most of the Charlestown Peninsula. however british win because colonists run out of supply. The colonists did take a lot of the britishes soldiers and showed that the colonists arnt joking around and are ready to rebel and fight against the british.
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The Battle at Trenton
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Washington lead troops after crossing the delaware river, it was an attack upon a hessian town, they had not had gaurds up at the time because they didnt feel threatened by the american colonists. it was a suprise attack and the colonists prevailed
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The Battle of Yorktown
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The Battle of Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781 effectively ended the American Revolution.
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Constitution vs. Articles of Confederation (4 differences)
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Term of legislative office
Articles: One year Constitution: Two years for Representatives, six for Senators Ratification Articles: Unanimous consent required Constitution: Consent of nine states required Navy Articles: Congress authorized to build a navy; states authorized to equip warships to counter piracy Constitution: Congress authorized to build a navy; states not allowed to keep ships of war Executive Articles: None Constitution: President |
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The Constitution
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The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of America and the federal government of the United States. It provides the framework for the organization of the United States government and for the relationship of the federal government to the states, to citizens, and to all people within the United States.
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5 powers of Legislative branch
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effecting the judicial branch:
create court system impeach judges Effecting the Executive branch: over throw veto 2/3 vote senate ratifies nomunations makes laws |
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3 powers of the Executive Branch
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Enforces laws
Nomunates justices vetos laws |
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2 powers of judicial branch
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declares if something is unconstitutional
and can find exectutive acts unconstitutional |
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6 rights under Bill of Rights
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1. Freedom of speech
2. protection of private property (no search and seziure with out a warrent) 3. You don't have to let soldiers live in your house, except if there is a war, and even then only if Congress has passed a law about it. 4.You can't be tried for any serious crime without a Grand Jury meeting first to decide whether there's enough evidence for a trial. And if the jury decides you are innocent, the government can't try again with another jury. 5.Anything that the Constitution doesn't say that Congress can do should be left up to the states, or to the people. 6.If you're arrested, you have a right to have your trial pretty soon, and the government can't keep you in jail without trying you. |
