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8th Grade
04/22/2009

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Treaty of paris (1783)
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full americans independence territory west of the appalachian ceded to americans,loyalists to be compensated for seized property,fishing rights off of Newfoundland
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ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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STATES JOINED FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CONGRESS REIGNED SUPREME (LACKED EXECUTIVE & JUDICIAL), ONE VOTE PER STATE, 2/3 VOTE FOR BILLS, UNAMIMOUS FOR AMENDMENTS; TOO MUCH POWER TO STATE, UNABLE TO REGULATE COMMERCE OR TAXES

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NORTHWEST ORDINANCE OF 1787
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defined progress for territories to become state (population reached 60,000),forbade slavery in the new territories
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INDENTURED SERVANTS
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settlers to pay the expenses of a servant's voyage & be granted land for each person they brought over;headright system
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BACON'S REBELLION
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rebels felt the governor of virginia failed to protect the frontier from the native americans
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WRITS OF ASSISTANCE
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search warrants on shipping to reduce smuggling; challenged by James Otis
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townshend act (1767)
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similar to navigation; raised money to pay colonial officials by american taxes; led to boston boycott of engilsh luxuries
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suger act
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increased tariff on suger (and other imports), attempted to harder enforce existnig tariffs
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stamp act
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taxes on all legal documents to  support british troops, not approved by colonists through their representatives 
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CURRENCY ACT
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prohibited colonies from issuing paper money, destabilized colonial economy
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VIRUAL REPRESENTATION
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all english subjects are represented in parliament, including those not allowed to vote
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THE LOYAL NINE
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group of bostonians in opposition to the stamp act, sought to drive stamp distributors from the city
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SOONS OF LIBERTY
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organized and controlled resistance against parliamentary acts in less violent ways (stength of maryadom), advocated nonimportation
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DECLARATORY ACT
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allowed parliament to completely legislate over the colonies, limited colonists' say
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BOSTON MASSACRE
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british soldiers shot intocrowed of snowball figrt; two nine soldiers (defended by john adams) found guity of manslauhter
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committees of correspondence
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committees appointed from different colonies to communicate on matters; asserted rigth to selfgovernment, coopertion between colonies
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tea act (1773)

 

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