Veron STAAR 5

By VeronBerisha5
  • 1215

    Magna Carta

    Limited power of king of english, gave rich English people more rights, including freedom of church and right to a jury trial

  • JamesTown founded

    First successful English colony in America. Founded for tobacco profit
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    Southern Colonies formed

    profit of tobacco(cash crops) was the reason for settlement.
    Geography was fertile soil & flat land
    Religion was Anglican Christian and Roman Catholic

  • Virginia house of Burgess

    first elected representative government in the american colonies

  • Mayflower compact

    it bound the new colonists together in a contract
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    New England Colonies formed

    Geography was Atlantic Coast, rocky soil, forest areas, Long harsh winters
    Was founded for Religious Freedom
    Religion was Puritans and Pilgrims

  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    form of representative government in the new colonies
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    Middle Colonies formed

    Reason for settling was Economic Opportunities and religious & political Freedom
    Religion was Quakers
    Geography fertile soil, flatlands, and plains with short winters

  • Mercantilism

    Economic system between Great Britain and its colonies
    Americans felt it violated their freedom
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    French and Indian war

    French and Indians vs Great Britain
    Gave Britain debt
    Gave Colonists more tax

  • Proclamation Line

    Line set on after French and Indian war.
    Upset colonists because some of them already settled there

  • Stamp Act

    First tax placed on colonists to pay back debt caused by war.
    Angered Colonists because they had to pay more.

  • Stamp act congress

    First meeting between to discuss problems with King of England. "Taxation without Representation"

  • Boston Massarce

    Caused by taxes.
    Escalated by deaths and first death was Crispus Attuks.
    5 deaths.

  • Boston Tea party

    Protesting tea act
    Samuel Adams was leader of the party and a son of liberty
    They were disguised as Indians, dumped tea into Boston Harbor

  • Winter of Valley Forge

    George Washington
    Freezing conditions and lack of supplies

  • Battle of Yorktown

    Marquis de Lafayette
    France
    Americans won, turning point in war
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    Articles of Confederation

    Weak central government, too much power to states

  • Treaty of Paris

    Gave Americans independence, ended war and set new boundaries

  • Constitutional convection

    George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin
    James Madison

  • The great compromise

    NJP- It was a small state plan, wanted only a one-house gov., wanted all states the have the same # of representatives
    VP- Large state plan, 3 branches of gov., Bicameral Legislature, Representation was based on state population
    GC- 3 branches of Gov., Bicameral Legislature(1. Senate: Every state gets 2 representatives 2. House of Representatives, bases on population, the more people in a state, the more representatives

  • 3/5th compromise

    Each slaves counts as 3/5th of a person, for every 5 slaves, the total count towards population is citizens

  • Federalist papers

    Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison
    They were a series of eighty-five essays urging the citizens of New York to ratify the new United States Constitution

  • Anti Federalist Papers

    Cato, Brutus, Federal Farmer
    The constitution
    they were concerned with the merits
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    George washington's presidency

    Set up presidential cabinet

  • Whiskey Rebellion

    A protest to the first tax that was placed after the constitution was written
    President George Washington shut it down with his military

  • Pinckney's Treaty

    A treaty signed with Spain to allow the U.S. to trade in New Orleans

  • Farewell Address

    Stay neutral in Foreign Affairs
    No political parties
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    John Adams Presidency

    First president to claim a political party
    Leader of the Federalist party(strong central government)
    Allowed the federal government to imprison you were from a foreign country
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    Thomas Jefferson's Presidency

    Was a leader of the Democratic-Republican party(state's rights)
    Barbary Pirates, this was the official war the U.S. was involved in and was the first time our Navy was used

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Doubled size of the U.S., Thomas Jefferson bought this

  • Marbury vs. Madison

    Sets up the principle of Judicial review