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Delaware
Charter granted to allow 3 most southern colonies to create their own assembly. -
Privy Council
Regulating the value of foreign coins according to silver content -
Virginia House of Burgess: Comprehensive Slave Code
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Georgia Colony
John Barnell created a buffer zone between the Carolinas and Florida (Spanish) and a debtors refuge. -
Stono Rebellion
Catholic Governor of Florida promised freedom to fugitive slaves. -
French and Indian War
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Proclamation of 1763
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Sugar Act
Replaced Molasses Act of 1733 -
Stamp Act
The first direct tax on american colonies -
Declaratory Act
Gave parliment power -
Revenue Act
Created board of customs and commisioners. -
Mother Anne Lee and the Shakers
A vision she had is shown that she is an incarnation of Christ in the female body. -
Boston Massacre
5 Bostonians and two boys died. -
Tea Act
Not enacted to generate revenue. -
Intolerable Acts
-Port Bill
-Administration of Justice Act
-New Quartering Act
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Boston Tea Party
A political and mercantile protest by the Sons of LIberty. -
Quebec Act
Greatly upset American Colonist. -
First Continental Congress
-56 Delegates
-Structured with emphasis on equality of participation and to promote free debate. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
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Thomas Paine and Common Sense
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Declaration of Independence
Actually singed on the second of July. -
The Battle of Saratoga
The turning point in the American revolution. -
Articles of Confederation
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Treaty of Paris
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George Washington becomes president
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Bill of Rights Ratified
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First US Bank
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Cotton Gin
INvented by Eli Whitney -
Whiskey's Rebellion
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Election of 1796
John Adams barely won the presidency. Thomas Jefferson became the vice president. -
Underground Railroads
Harriet Tubman helped free slaves in 13 rescue missions.