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Details Title: History Description: Events Total Flash Cards: 7 Created: 01/16/2005 12:14:42	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Boston Tea Party Definition When the Sons of Liberty dumped the newly imported tea into the harbor becuase Britain had put taxes on the imports because their East India Company was close to bankruptcy Term Enclosure Movement Definition When areas of land were fenced off to create larger fields that could be cultivated more efficiently Term Industrial Revolution Definition -It began in England because they had natural resources of coal and iron -Britain also had money from their colonies, workers, a strong navy, and skilled inventors - Term Marbury vs. Madison Definition This case ultimately resulted in the -Supreme Court having the power to be able to declare any law passed by congress and signed by the president to be unconstitutional -The Supreme Court then has the power to make the law constitutional Term Waterloo Definition -The battle of Waterloo between Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington, and Blucher -the British, with the help of the Prussians, defeated Napoleon's France, ending their taking over of Europe Term Stamp Act of 1765 Definition When the Parliament placed a tax on all official documents in the colonies Term Proclamation of 1763 Definition A document stating that all land west of the Appalachians were reserved for Native Americans and closed to colonial settlement