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Mercantilism |
Creating and maintaining wealth by carefully controlling Trade. |
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Stamp Act Congress |
Meeting held in 1765 in New York city consisting of nine colonies representatives. |
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Committees of Correspondence |
Developed by Samuel Adams in Massachusetts to keep colonists informed of British action. |
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First continental congress |
Meeting held in Philadelphia in which delegates from every colonies except Georgia to approve a resolution in opposition to the Coercive act. |
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Second Continental Congress |
Meeting held in Philadelphia at which it was decided that an army should be raised and George Washington of Virginia was named commander in chief. |
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Declaration of Independence |
The formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. |
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Articles of Confederation |
An agreement among the thirteen original colonies that provided a loose federal government before the present Constitution went into effect. |
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Confederation |
A type of government in which the national government takes its power from the states. |
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Shay's rebellion |
A series of protests led by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt. |
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Constitution |
A document establishing the structure, functions, and limitations of a government. |