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sugar act
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stamp act
first direct tax on paper goods and legal documents -
boston massacre
soldiers fired into crowd 5 colonist died -
boston tea party
dumbed british tea into the harbor -
intolerable acts
quartering of british troops -
first continental congress
delegates from twelve of British's thirteen American colonies meet to discuss America's future under growing British aggression -
declaration of independence
blamed the king for variety of issue and was inspired by the virgina declaration of rights -
second continental congress
it united delegates in support of the American revolution and also appointed George Washington commander in chief -
shays rebellion
farmers were in debt weren't paid during the war massachusetts farmers rebelled attacked the courthouse to keep them from foreclosing on there land and also attacked military arsenal -
northwest ordinance
established a plan to settle the northwest territories
included disputed lands
created system for admitting states to the union
banned slavery in the territory
guided nations western expansion -
revising articles of confederation
included
rival plans
compromise over slavery
presidential election
electoral college -
the new constitution
was made to make the strong government so they can deal with problems like shay's rebellion also had equal representation
included first 10 amendments of constitution -
seperation of powers
made the
legislature branch - congress
executive branch - president and cabinet
judicial branch - supreme court -
great compromise
made population of states with each slave as 3/5 of a person so south wouldn't have a bigger population -
federalist papers
wrote by Hamilton , Maddison , john Jay were authors of federalist papers which defended the new constitution under the pen name pubilus
argued the constitution included a seperation of powers to limit power -
first amendment
freedom of religion -
third amendment
places restriction for quartering soldiers -
second amendment
was the right to bear arms -
6th amendment
the right that all citizens of the us gets a speedy and fair trail -
8th amendment
ban on extreme punishments for crimes -
fourth amendment
prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures -
the 5th amendment
the person being tried and aqquitted cannot be tried again -
9th amendment
clarifies that us citizens have more rights than those currently listed -
7th amendment
gives the right for any claimant to take a matter to court and trail -
10th amendment
where the federal government only has the power assigned to it via the us constitution -
11th amendment
the right for citizens for a sue state only applies to residents in that state ( for example texas cant sue the state of mexico ) -
12th amendment
a complex that all amendments that lays out all laws for how president and vice president progress through the nomination and election process . who is allowed to vote and qualified electors -
13th amendment
abolition of slavery -
14th amendment
all those born or naturalized within the us are citizens of the us -
15th amendment
any us citizen has the right to vote regardless of race and color -
17th amendment
the people of the us have the power to choose there representatives and laid out terms -
16th
allowed congress to start collecting income tax -
us joined world war 1
the us joined world war -
world war 1 end
armstice started -
18 amendment
the 18th amendment was called the prohibition law basically prohibited the sell of alcohol -
19th amendment
any us citizen can vote no matter the biological sex this is where women can now vote along with men to vote -
great depression starts
stocks started to go down and led to the wall street market crash -
20th amendment
this amendment is saying that all presidential terms and those of vice presidents will end at noon on January 20th -
21st amendment n
this amendment was to repeal the 18th amendment was to allow prohibition law and allow the sale and manufacture and transportation of alcohol -
end of great depression
it ended cause we got involved in world war 2 -
22nd amendment
says no president should be eligible for more than two terms -
23rd amendment
ensures washington dc had electors in the electoral but only as many as the state with the lowest number this will ensure all voters had better representation -
24th amendment
says any us citizen has the right to vote for candidates in any election for president , or congress representatives -
25th amendment
says if the president is removed from office , resigns , or dies the vice president will take over -
26th amendment
they change the voting age from 21 to 18 -
27th amendment
says any change of the salary of those in congress should not take effect until the next election of representatives