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Ended with the treaties of Hubertusberg and Paris. France lost all claims to Canada, Florida, and Louisiana
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57 drunk settlers slew 20 innocent Indians because they thought that the Indians were working with other Indians who were pillaging and scalping Gov. John Penn.
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Was meant to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment and their lands
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It was a small change to the Molasses Act that expired a year before, and was created mainly to raise revenue.
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Imposed a tax and required printed materials in the Colonies to be produced on stamped paper produced in London.
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They were a series of laws and taxes put upon the colonists.
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It was intended to resolve issues with Indians west of the colonies, but it also had a large impact on the colonies itself and later independent America.
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British soldiers shot and killed five people while under attack from a mob.
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Supported that chattel slavery was unsupported by the common law in England and Wales.
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Colonists dumped tea into the harbor to protest the Tea Act.
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Was meant to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the British Eat India Company. It resulted in the Boston Tea Party
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Comprised of delegates from the colonies. Was a response to the Coercive Acts imposed by Britain
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Was created to punish the Massachusetts colonists after the Boston Tea Party.
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Even though the Americans lost, it gave them a confidence boost because they put up a good fight and inflicted serious casualties on the British even though they were inexperienced
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These were the first military engagements of the Revolutionary War.
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It was formed to address how they would face the British army. They decided a Continental Army would be best.
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Argued the colonists should separate from England and establish an independent government based on Enlightenment ideals
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A loose confederation of American Indians attacked British forts because they were dissatisfied with their policies.
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It severed the political connection between America and Britain.
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George Washington's army crossed the icy Delaware and defeated a garrison of Hessian mercenaries.
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Was the original constitution of America before being replaced by the US Constitution in 1789
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It turned the tides of the Revolutionary War because it convinced France that America could win the war so they decided to send aid.
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It created a military alliance between France and America against Britain in the Revolutionary War.
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Ended the last major campaign of the Revolutionary War.
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Signed in Paris by representatives on both sides. It ended the Revolutionary War
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It was a plan by Continental Army officer to challenge the authority of the Confederation.
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Was meant to work out the economic problems in the Articles of Confederation
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The goal of this rebellion was meant to prevent the trial and imprisonment of debt-ridden citizens.
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A series of 85 letters urging the ratification of the constitution.
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Created the first organized territory of America (Northwest Territory)
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Was meant to revise the Articles of Confederation, but it ended up producing the Constitution.
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All 69 electors cast a vote for him, meaning his election was unanimous.
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Began when the Third Estate broke apart from the other two, saying it was for the people. This caused a lot of tension.
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It was chosen as a compromise. Alexander Hamilton and the northern states wanted the new federal government to take on the Revolutionary War debt and Thomas Jefferson and the southern states wanted the capital to be beneficial for slave-holding agricultural interests.
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It called for payment in full on all government debts as the foundation for establishing government credit
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This included the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. These amendments draw lines the governments power to protect the people.
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Was made to establish financial order, establish credit, and resolve the issue of fiat currency
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It was a tax protest where farmers who distilled whiskey disagreed with the tax placed on whiskey
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It is the third major report, and magnum opus of American founding father and first U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton
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His activities in America violated the American proclamation of neutrality in European conflicts.
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It was the final battle of the Northwest Indian War. The Indians had support from the British against America.
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It eliminated British control of western ports, establishing America's claim for damages from British ship seizures. This treaty helped avert the threat of war.
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This established intentions of friendship between America and Spain.
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This treaty made it so that Native Americans lost land to the American settlers in the Ohio areas.
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This was the first presidential election where political parties played an important role. Also the president and vice-president were opposite parties.
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A political and diplomatic episode that resulted in an undeclared war called the Quasi-War.
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Occurred when America refused to pay off its debts to France after the French Crown was overturned
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These laws gave power to deport foreigners and made it harder for foreigners to vote.
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He has a lot of credentials when running for president. This included drafting the Declaration of Independence and serving in two Continental Congresses.
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It reorganized the federal judiciary and established the first circuit judgeships in the country.
