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first direct tax on paper goods and legal documents -
soldiers fired into crowd 5 colonist died -
dumbed british tea into the harbor -
quartering of british troops -
delegates from twelve of British's thirteen American colonies meet to discuss America's future under growing British aggression -
blamed the king for variety of issue and was inspired by the virgina declaration of rights
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it united delegates in support of the American revolution and also appointed George Washington commander in chief
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farmers were in debt weren't paid during the war massachusetts farmers rebelled attacked the courthouse to keep them from foreclosing on there land and also attacked military arsenal
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established a plan to settle the northwest territories
included disputed lands
created system for admitting states to the union
banned slavery in the territory
guided nations western expansion -
included
rival plans
compromise over slavery
presidential election
electoral college -
was made to make the strong government so they can deal with problems like shay's rebellion also had equal representation
included first 10 amendments of constitution -
made the
legislature branch - congress
executive branch - president and cabinet
judicial branch - supreme court -
made population of states with each slave as 3/5 of a person so south wouldn't have a bigger population
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wrote by Hamilton , Maddison , john Jay were authors of federalist papers which defended the new constitution under the pen name pubilus
argued the constitution included a seperation of powers to limit power -
freedom of religion
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places restriction for quartering soldiers
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was the right to bear arms
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the right that all citizens of the us gets a speedy and fair trail
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ban on extreme punishments for crimes
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prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures
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the person being tried and aqquitted cannot be tried again
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clarifies that us citizens have more rights than those currently listed
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gives the right for any claimant to take a matter to court and trail
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where the federal government only has the power assigned to it via the us constitution
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the right for citizens for a sue state only applies to residents in that state ( for example texas cant sue the state of mexico )
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a complex that all amendments that lays out all laws for how president and vice president progress through the nomination and election process . who is allowed to vote and qualified electors
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abolition of slavery
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all those born or naturalized within the us are citizens of the us
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any us citizen has the right to vote regardless of race and color
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the people of the us have the power to choose there representatives and laid out terms
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allowed congress to start collecting income tax
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the us joined world war
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armstice started
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the 18th amendment was called the prohibition law basically prohibited the sell of alcohol
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any us citizen can vote no matter the biological sex this is where women can now vote along with men to vote
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stocks started to go down and led to the wall street market crash
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this amendment is saying that all presidential terms and those of vice presidents will end at noon on January 20th
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this amendment was to repeal the 18th amendment was to allow prohibition law and allow the sale and manufacture and transportation of alcohol
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it ended cause we got involved in world war 2
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says no president should be eligible for more than two terms
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ensures washington dc had electors in the electoral but only as many as the state with the lowest number this will ensure all voters had better representation
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says any us citizen has the right to vote for candidates in any election for president , or congress representatives
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says if the president is removed from office , resigns , or dies the vice president will take over
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they change the voting age from 21 to 18
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says any change of the salary of those in congress should not take effect until the next election of representatives