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Virginia House of Burgesses
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Georgia
In 732 Georgia was chartered by King George to protect South Carolina and provide refugee to the debtors from Europe. They promoted good relationships with Native American but no one wanted to live there because they didn't allow alcohol or slaves and they were poor. James Oglethorpe was the first governor of Georgia and was partners with a Native American named Tomochichi. -
The Great Awakening
George Whitfield comes to Georgia and becomes one of the most popular evangelists around. He gives over 18,000 sermons and crossed the Atlantic 13 times. -
Stono Rebellion
The Catholic governor of Florida wanted to overthrow the English and offered freedom to slaves who revolted. -
Oglethorpe teams with Britain to take Florida
The governor of Georgia teamed with the British to invade Florida and made ALL men bear arms. No one was allowed to leave Georgia anymore and people began escaping illegally in the night. -
The Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards makes his first treatise, "religious Affections" in 1776. He is also famous for his "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" speech (1741) and "a faithful Narrative of a Surprising Work of God" (1737). -
The French and Indian War (7 Years War)
The Iroquois were having trouble w/ England wanting to expand into their territory so they turned to the French because they were a well-know enemy of the English. The English win and develop the "American" way of fighting. -
Rule of 1756
Ships of neutral countries could not trade with ports in which they had been excluded before the war. -
Proclamation Line of 1763
This basically drew a line down the New World and declared the East side for the colonists and the West for the Iroquois (to give them "their" land back). This started the colonies' thinking that they didn't need England anymore because they were only receiving virtual representation. -
Treaty of Paris
England's debt was rising and the Treaty of Paris signed over the responsibility of paying this debt to whoever Parliament decided. If Parliament said you had to pay extra taxes, you HAD to pay extra taxes. So of course they decided to lump this responsibility onto the colonists because the English couldn't afford it and didn't want to go further into debt. -
Sugar Act 1764
This replaced the Molasses Act of 1733 and placed taxes on sugar imports as well as coffee, silk, and some wines -
Currency Act of 1764
The Currency Act threatened to destabilize the colonial economy. The colonies were no longer allowed to print money and were only allowed to pay British taxes with British currency. -
Stamp Act 1765
THIS WAS THE FIRST DIRECT TAX ON AMERICAN COLONIES! All paper documents must bear a stamp. Violators will be tried and convicted without juries in vice-administration courts. This started the idea of "no taxation without representation". -
Quartering Act 1765
Each colonial assembly was directed to provide for the basic needs for English soldiers stationed in the New World. -
Stamp Act Congress 1765
Delegates from 9 colonies made a petition to the King to repeal the Stamp Act. Parliament was alarmed by the violence of colonial protesters boycotting English products. Parliament took away the Stamp Act in 1765 -
Declaratory Act 1766
This took away th Stamp Act of 1765 and bound America to English parliament completely. Whatever Parliament says goes and America was at the complete mercy of their laws. It stripped the colonies of power. Colonists focused on repealing the Stamp Act but forgot to look at the rest of the Declaratory Act. -
Restraining Act 1767
NY refused to comply with the Quartering Act of 1765 so Parliament took away their assembly and demanded full compliance. -
Townsend Duties 1767
Taxed paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. They were trying to gain as much money for Britain as possible. This was repealed in 1770 EXCEPT FOR THE TEA TAX. -
Virginia Resolves
George Mason writes the Virginia Resolves and asks for no taxation without representation. The royal governor of Virginia also dissolves the House of Burgesses. -
Boston Massacre
Five Bostonians and 2 boys died during a conflict with British soldiers and some citizens. Shots were fired and no one knows why or by who. John Adams represented the soldiers in court and it was ruled that the shootings were caused by mob activity. -
Tea Act 1773
The Tea Act was not enacted to generate revenue, they were trying to save the East India Trade Company. It was like a Trojan Horse because if the colonies agreed to help they would be bound to England and have to pay more taxes. So the colonists decided they wouldn't boycott the tea, just send it back to be petty. But about 7 ships from Britain came anyways. -
Boston Tea Party
30-130 men dressed as Indians met a British ship before it entered thier harbor with the tea and dumped all of it into the Boston Harbor as a message to stop bringing tea over because they wouldn't accept it. They all immediately went home like nothing happened but the Four Coercive Acts came soon after. -
Four Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) 1774
The Four Coercive act closed the Boston Harbor and placed Massachusetts under military rule. The Massachusetts Regulating Act /Mass. Government Act ended the self-rule by the colonists. The Administration of Justice Acts protected the royal officials in Mass. and the New Quartering Act said all American colonies were to provide housing for troops in occupied houses and taverns and unoccupied buildings (give up your home basically). -
Quebec Act 1774
American colonists were upset and trying to claim this land (even though it had been given to the Natives after the 7 Years War). This Act just gave it all to Canada and this was supposed to be a fair decision for the Natives but giving it to Canada just made everyone upset -
First Continental Congress
It was construct with emphasis on equality of participants and promoted free debate between the 56 delegates. They Made the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, asking to repeal the Intolerable Acts and the consequence for ignoring this would mean the congress reconvenes on May 10, 1775. The congress disbanded on October 26, 1775. Great Britain basically ignored all of their requests AND made it illegal for them to have congress. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Captain John Parker lead 77 men to meet British forces outside Lexington. Paul Revere went through the fields to alert the colonists that the redcoats were coming. This battle is also famous for the "shot heard 'round the world" because no one knows who shot first, but shots were fired. * Lexington militia died and 10 were wounded, while only 1 British soldier was wounded. From there the British marched to Concord and the colonists held their position and the British retreated (223 died). -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental congress met in Philadelphia and formed the Continental Army. They also wrote the Olive Branch Petition appealing to George III for peace but he refused it. -
Misnamed Battle of Bunker Hill
Henry Clinton, John Burgoyne, and William Howe led 2000 British soldiers against 1600 colonists. The British advanced, retreated, advanced again, then retreated again. The third time they advance they fight a little harder and end up "winning" the battle. They technically won the land but if you base it off of causalities then the British were annihilated. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense is published anonymously
Paine was an Englishman telling the colonists to use their common sense and push for independence. This was the first work to openly ask for independence. -
British ships arrive in New York Harbor
Washington's army was nearly surrounded and fled toward the Continental Congress, leading the British right to them. But Washington brought his army across the Delaware river on Christmas night and caught the Hessian off guard and defeated them. -
Unanimous vote for independence
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Delaware
Delaware became the first official state in 1787. -
Pennsylvania
PA was founded by William Penn, a Quaker. Pennsylvania protected religious liberty and required everyone to honor the Sabbath despite their religion. Philadelphia became known as the City of Brotherly Love as it was the first planned city in the colonies and it was run in an orderly fashion. Pennsylvania also experienced border issues with Maryland! -
Judiciary Act 1789
This established a federal judiciary system with a Federal District Court and a Circuit Court. -
Bank of the United Sates
A charter for a national bank was proposed in 1791 to President George Washington. -
The French Revolution
Americans supported the rebellion until the Reign of Terror, and France was in debt because they helped America with their revolutionary war. So when France declared war on Britain they expected aid fro the U.S. (per a previous treaty) but the Americans found loopholes to avoid going to war. -
Jay Treaty
John Jay wrote a treaty asking for compromised ships to be seized, to open trade in India, evacuate the Western fronts, and ask for m=no more Impressment. -
Whiskey Rebellion
Hamilton's whiskey tax was burdening farmers because grain was a cash crop. So in Pennsylvania, 12 men dressed as women attacked tax collectors. Washington sent in troops to take down the farmers, but the farmers scattered. -
Election of 1796
John Adams won and had Thomas Jefferson as his Vice President. This was unique because there were two different parties in office -
Alien Act 1798
Residency is required for citizenship and this authorized the president to deport any foreigner deemed "dangerous" to the peace and safety of the United States. -
Sedition Act 1798
Stiff fines and Prison terms. This published statements that held the U.S. government in "contempt or disrepute". -
George Washington dies