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| Full American independence, territory west of Appalachian ceded to American, 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 and judicial), one vote per state 2/3 vote for bills, unanimous for amendments too much power to states, unable to regulate commerce or taxes |
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| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
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| defined process for territories to become states (population reached 60,000), forbade slavery in the new territories. |
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| Settlers to pay the expenses of a servant's voyage and be granted land for each person they brought over headright system |
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| Rebels felt the governor of Virginia failed to protect the frontier from the Native Americans |
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| Search warrants on shipping to reduce smuggling challenged by James Otis |
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| Similar to Navigatio; raised money to pay colonial officials by American taxes; led to Boston boycott of English luxuries |
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| Increased tariff on sugar (and other imports), attempted to harder enforce existing tariffs |
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| Taxes on all legal documents to support British troops, not approved by colonists through their representatives |
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| Organized and controlled resistance against Parliamentary acts in lcss violent way (strength of martyrdom), advocated nonimportation |
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| British soldiers shot into crowd of snowball fight; two of nine soldiers (defended by John Adams) found guilty of manslaughter |
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| Intended to save British East India Company from bankruptcy, could sell directly to consumers rather than through wholegalers (lowered prices to compare with sumuggled tea) |
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| Pcaccful destruction of British tea in Boston Harbor by colonists disguised as Indians |
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| Prohibited colonies from issuing paper money, destabilized colonial economy |
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