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• King James was forced to sign
• Curb King , make him govern old English
• Originally called ‘Articles Of Barons’ -
• 3 ships
• 100 men and boys
• 4 months at sea
• 1609-1610 “the starving time” -
• Jamestown
• Symbol of Representative Government
• 22 members -
• 102 passengers
• 65 days at sea
• Pilgrim fathers: William Brewster, John Carver, Edward Winslow, and William Bradford -
• Adopted by representatives from Hartford
• Thomas Hooker, John Hayes, Roger Ludlow
• First Constitution formed government -
-protest British Navigation Acts
-denied free market out of England
-Written by William S. Smith , Jr. -
• French Catholic King Louis XIV
• Financial Revolution
• Charles II alienated politically and militarily English segment -
• Opened hostilities
• Built conflict toward America
• Navigation Acts -
• Laws and liberties of Kingdom
• Election of members of Parliament ought to be free
• Violating freedom of election of members serve in parliament -
• From June to September
• Many went to jail for months
• 19 men and women -
• 7 British North American colonies adopted
• Albany Congress
• Albany Plan failed -
• John Smith and others tried to gain more control over territory
• First started in Jamestown
• Lands on East Coast -
-reduced the tax rate
-foregin goods tax included
-hurt the British West Indies -
• Was passed by the British Parliament
• Next tax was imported on all American colonist -
• The purpose was to raise revenue in colonist to pay salaries of govt. and judges
• Become independent -
• Response to Boston Tea Party
• Series of laws
• Impartial
• Massachusetts
• Boston Port
• Quarting Act
• Quebac Act -
• British Army killed 5 men
• British troops been stationed in Boston
• Since 1768 order to protect/support -
• Revolutionary movement
• No new taxes
• Led to Boston Tea Party
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htm -
• Memorial marker
• King George III
• Colonies Refused to pay taxes
• Rather drink tea than pay taxes http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/intolerableactsdef.htm -
• Met at St. Paul’s church
• Over 50 women signed a pledge to increase the use of East India Tea
• Helped Edenton -
• Carpenter’s Hall
• Elected by colonial legislatures
• All colonies except Georgia sent delegates -
• “Intolerable Acts”
• Chairman- Abraham Yates, Jr.
• Had authority throughout Albany County -
• American colonies declared rebellion
• Called Charlotte Town Resolves
• Proclaimed all laws not valid -
• Met in Halifax County
• 83 members
• Vote for independence from Great Britain -
• Met after battles of Lexington and Concord
• State House of Philadelphia
• 65 delegates -
Signers
• John Adams
• John Hancock
• Samuel Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• John Penn
• Many more -
• Written during the early American Revolution
• “united colonies”
• Agreed on by the congress on November 15, 1777 -
• Ended Revolutionary War
• Signed by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay
• Agreed to move all troops from new nation -
• Laid foundations of American Land
• New National domain
• Adopted by United States Congress -
• Economic depression
• Followed Revolutionary War
• Ended in 1787 -
• State House of Philadelphia
• 55 delegates
• “remote futurity” -
• Called Northwest ordinance
• Act of Congress of the Confederation
• Provided for government of new territories -
• Written and published -those who were against the Constitution wrote essays
in 1787-1788 -1789
• 85 essays -felt the Constitution was weak
• Reference for the U.S
Constitution
