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US History Years 1700 through 1800
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Privy Council
1704: Privy Council
Regulating value of foreign coins according to silver content -
Board of Trade
1706: Board of Trade
Ordered royal governors to veto any paper issues -
Stono Rebellion
Stono Rebellion, 1739
It was a slave rebellion. -
French and Indian War
This was about some issues with the Iroquis -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Misnamed Battle of Bunker Hill, it was actuallly on breeds hill -
Rule of 1756
Ships of neutral countries could not trade with ports in which they
had been excluded before the war. -
Treaty of Paris, 1763
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War between Great Britain and France. In the terms of the treaty, France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there. -
Currency Act, 1764
Threatened to destabilize the entire colonial economy -
Sugar Act of 1764
Replaced Molasses Act of 1733 -
Stamp Act, 1765
First direct tax on American colonies
Taxed items:
wills, newspapers, pamphlets, bills, licenses,
almanacs, dice, playing cards -
Quartering Act, 1765
Each colonial assembly was directed to provide for the basic needs of soldiers stationed within borders -
Stamp Act Congress, 1765
Petition to the King -
Eli Whitney is born
Invinted the revolutinary cotton gin -
Declaratory Act, 1766
“had, hath, and of right ought to have full power and authority
to make laws and statues of sufficient force and validity to
bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the
crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever” -
Boston Massacre
Five Bostonians and two boys laid dead -
Tea Act
Proposed to give monopoly to East India Company on direct sales to the colonies -
Boston Tea Party
30-130 men dressed in Mohawk costumes so people wouldnt recognise them -
First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress was held on, September 5, 1774 -
Francis Cabot Lowell is born
Francis Cabot Lowell was known as a pioneer in employing women -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Pennsylvania Constitution
Abolished property ownership as test of citizenship
Protected citizens from imprisonment for debt -
US declares independance
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Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Articles of confederation
Not a “Nation” but a “firm league of friendship”
Each state got one vote -
Treaty of Paris, Sept 1783
British made separate peace treaties with France and Spain -
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Northwest Ordinances of 1784, 1785, 1787
Created procedures for the founding of 5 future states
Survey of Northwest territory and sale of land -
Shay's Rebellion
It threatened to collapse the young nation.
Tax laws favored trade at expense of agriculture
It also showed the need for a stronger central government -
Ratification of Delaware
Delaware ratified the constitution -
Ratification of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania ratifies the constitution -
Ratification of New Jersey
New Jersey ratifies the constitution -
US treaty with France
US mutual assistance treaty with France - 1778 -
Ratification of Georgia
Georgia ratifies the constitution -
Ratification of Connecticut
Connecticut ratifies the Constitution -
Ratification of Massachusetts
Massachusetts ratifies the Constitution -
Ratification of Maryland
Maryland ratifies the Constitution -
Ratification of South Carolina
South Carolina ratifies the Constitution -
Ratification of New Hampshire
New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution -
Ratification of Virginia
Virginia ratifies the Constitution -
Ratification of New York
New York ratifies the Constitution -
Ratification of North Carolina
North Carolina ratifies the Constitution -
George Washington
George Washington is elected -
Ratification of Rhode Island
Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution -
Wiskey rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 -
Post Office Act of 1792
8000 post offices by 1830 -
John Adams
John Adams is elected -
Alien act
It restricted what an immagrant could say and do -
George washington dies
George washington dies