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French + Indian War

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War over land disputes in the Ohio River Valley between the French and the British

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Albany Plan

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A potential solution to the French and Indian War that would have united the colonies

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Peace of Paris treaty

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Gave Britain French Canada and Florida and ousted the French from America

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Effects of French + Indian War

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  • Britain taxed the colonists to pay for the war
  • Salutary neglect ended
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Pontiac’s Rebellion

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Indians tried to resist westward expansion and destroyed US forts, Britain sent troops in response

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Proclamation of 1763

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Prohibited colonists from settling westward of the Appalachian Mountains

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Virtual Representation

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Britain thought colonists were represented in Parliament because there were people of all classes

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Sugar Act

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Put a tax on luxury goods

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Quartering Act

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Required colonists to house British soldiers

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Stamp Act

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Tax on all printed goods

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Patrick Henry

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Spoke out against the Stamp Act

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Anti-act groups

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Stamp Act Congress, Sons of Liberty, Daughters of Liberty

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Stamp act was replaced by the

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Declaratory Act (gave Parliament right to make any tax it wanted)

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Townshend Acts

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  • Tax on imports of tea, glass, paper
  • allowed for random searches of private property
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Boston Massacre

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Conflict between Americans and British soldiers that enraged Americans

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Boston Tea Party

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Colonists dumped millions of dollars worth of imported British tea into the harbor

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The Intolerable Acts were in reaction to what:

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The Boston Tea Party

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Intolerable Acts

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Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Quartering Act

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Port Act

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Closed the Boston Harbor

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Massachusetts Government Act

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Took away power from Massachusetts Legislature

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Declaration of Rights and Grievances

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Made by the Stamp Act Congress and requested the colonists get representation in Parliament

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Social contract

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Idea that people give the government power in exchange for protection of rights

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Thomas Paine

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Wrote Common Sense to appeal to the public that encouraged revolution

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First Continental Congress

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Meeting of men from almost all colonies > they only wanted rights!

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Suffolk Resolves
Document issued by the 1st Continental Congress that called for the repeal of the intolerable acts
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Main battles of Revolutionary war
Lexington & Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Yorktown
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Second Continental Congress
Another meeting of colonies, some people wanted independence but some wanted rights
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Olive Branch Petition
Made by the 2nd Continental Congress and pledged loyalty but requested rights
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Impact of Battle of Saratoga
Convinced the French to ally with the Americans
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Battle of Yorktown
Where Britain surrendered
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Peace Treaty of Paris
Made America an Independent country
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Roles of women in the revolution
- Boycotted goods and kept the house running - Cooks and nurses for soldiers
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Republican Motherhood
The idea that women needed to be educated so they could raise good sons
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Revolutions inspired
French, Haitian, Latin American
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Articles of Confederation
The extremely weak first attempt at a government that basically gave the states all the power
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Good things to come out of the Articles of Confederation
Land Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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Land Ordinance of 1785
Opened up western territories for settlement
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Northwest ordinance of 1787
Creating the rules for creating new states
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Shay's Rebellion
Daniel Shay lead farmers in rebellion because of high taxes and imprisonment for debt and the government's struggle to suppress it showed how bad the Articles were
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Constitutional Convention
Meeting with the purpose of fixing the federal government
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Issues of the constitutional convention
- separation of powers - checks and balances - representation
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Virginia Plan vs New Jersey Plan
Large states wanted proportionate rep, small states wanted equal rep
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Connecticut Plan
Compromise > made a senate with equal rep and a house of reps with proportionate reps
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3/5 compromise
Each enslaved person counted for 3/5 of a vote
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Federalists
Wanted strong central government and to ratify the Constitution
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Antifederalists
Wanted states rights and a bill of rights
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Federalism
Power is divided between the federal and state governments
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Federal government got control over ----- issues
Country wide
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State government got control over ----- issues
State only
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Issues during Washington's presidency
1. Making of cabinets 2. Alexander Hamilton's plan for a national bank 3. Judiciary Act 4. Proclamation of Neutrality 5. Jay Treaty 6. Battle of Fallen Timbers 7. Whiskey Rebellion 8. Pinckney Treaty
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Alexander Hamilton's Financial Plan
Make a national bank, consolidate state debts, high tariffs
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Judiciary Act
Established the Supreme Court
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Proclamation of Neutrality
The US would not get involved in the French Revolution
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Jay Treaty
Was supposed to stop impressment but instead got Britain to abandon posts in the US
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Battle of Fallen Timbers
Indians tried to stop Americans from encroaching on their land but got shut down
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Whiskey Rebellion
Farmers refused to pay the tax on whiskey and revolted but Washington stopped them
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Pinckney Treaty
Got the US access to the Port of New Orleans and defined border of Florida
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Events during John Adams Presidency
1. XYZ affair 2. Alien and Sedition acts 3. Virginia and Kentucky resolutions
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XYZ affair
French were seizing US ships and when the US tried to negotiate they demanded a bribe
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Alien and Sedition Acts
Allowed the US to deport immigrants and prohibited criticism of the government
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Made in response to the alien and sedition acts and declared them null/void

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