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18 Cards in this Set
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Albany Congress - 1754, NY
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Meeting between American colonies and Iroquois in preparation for war with France; Franklin presented a plan of union for the colonies
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First Continental Congress - 1774, PN
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Issued Declaration of Rights and Grievances; established Continental Association, protected by Committees of Safety
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Second Continental Congress - 1775-1777, PN
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Drafted DEclaration of Independence; wrote Articles of Confederation
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Annapolis Convention - 1786, MD
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Decided the convention's powers were too limited to make needed changes in commerce laws, so i called for a convention in Philadelphia to ammend Articles of Confederation
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Constitutional Convention - 1787, PN
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Framed new Constitution; elected Washington
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Hartford Convention - 1814-1815, CT
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NE Federalists, opposed to the War of 1812, proposed constitutional amendments, including 2/3 majority vote for war or new states and a 1 term presidency; disbanded with Treaty of Ghent
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Harrisburg Convention - 1827, PN
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Discussed Tariff of Abominations; dominated by textile industry
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Seneca Falls Convention - 1848, NY
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Adopted Declaration of Sentiments for women's rights
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Hamtpon Roads Conference - 1865, VA
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Lincoln and Seward (Union) met with Stephens, Campbell, and Hunter (Confederate) aboard the River Queen but reached no agreement on ending the Civil War
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Atlantic Charter - 1941, Newfoundland
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Roosevelt and Churchill expressed poswar aims, including right of self-determination
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Casablanca - 1843, Morocco
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Roosevelt and Churchill decided to follow up African campagin with a Mediterranean campaign rather than immediate attack on Germany
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Cairo - 1943, Egypt
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Roosevelt, Churchill, and CHiang discussed WWII Pacific THeater
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Tehran - 1943, Iran
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Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin discussed WWII and postwar plas; Stlain's first appearance at a conference
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Dumbaraton Oaks - 1944, DC
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US, China, Britain, and USSR outlined plan for UN
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Bretton Woods - 1944, NH
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Also United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference; 44 nations established IMF and International Bank for Reconstruction and Decelopment
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Yalta - 1945, Ukraine
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Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met; agreed on reparations, partition of German, and that the USSR would join the war on Japan
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United Nations Conference on Internation ORganizaion - 1945, SF
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established UN
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Potsdam Conference - 1945, Germany
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Implemented Yalta decisions; issued ultimatum to Japan; Stalin, Truman, and Chuchill
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