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Britain passed this law in reaction to the Boston Tea Party which closed Boston Harbor
Intolerable/Coercive Acts
100
The French decided to join America in the Revolutionary War after we won this decisive battle
Saratoga
100
A “middle colony” that was founded by Quakers as a “holy experiment” to see if diverse religious groups could live together in peace
Pennsylvania
100
A French general who helped George Washington in the American Revolution
Marquis de Lafayette
100
The first meeting during which women demanded property rights and the right to vote
Seneca Falls Convention
200
Enlightenment philosopher who believed in “consent of the governed”; Inspired the Declaration of Independence
John Locke
200
The British policy of purposefully ignored the colonies; Led to colonial assemblies in America
Salutary Neglect
200
Metacomet and the Wampanoag Indians went to war on the colonists in New England
King Philip's War
200
What colonists were saying in response to the Stamp Act and the Townshend Act.
No taxation without representation
200
Fought between England and the United States because of impressment and free trade rights of U.S. sailors
War of 1812
300
A colony that was founded by a joint stock company to make money; Successful because of tobacco
Virginia (Jamestown)
300
War fought to gain the Ohio River Valley; Caused massive debts and led to parliamentary sovereignty
French and Indian War
300
Pilgrims agreed to this early example of self-government in Plymouth; It served as a model for colonists who agreed to be governed
Mayflower Compact
300
Ended the American Revolution; Britain recognized American independence
Treaty of Paris, 1783
300
America’s first national government; Had no president or power to tax; States power over national gov’t
Articles of Confederation
400
A “southern colony” that was created as a buffer zone to protect English colonies from Spanish colonies
Georgia
400
The first battle of the American Revolution
Lexington and Concord
400
Jonathan Edwards led this movement that led to new religious enthusiasm in the colonies
Great Awakening
400
Farmers in Western Virginia showed their discontent with Governor Berkeley
Bacon's Rebellion
400
Laws passed by Federalists under President John Adams; Limited free speech rights of Americans
Alien and Sedition Acts
500
British general Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington in the last battle of the Revolutionary War
Yorktown
500
Included Manufactured goods from Europe, raw materials from America, slaves from Africa
Triangular Trade
500
A group of colonists who led boycotts and created committees of correspondence to unify the colonists against British before the American Revolution
Sons of Liberty
500
America’s Enlightenment philosopher, inventor, and example of social mobility
Benjamin Franklin
500
“Common man’s president who was elected at a time when universal white male suffrage was on the rise
Andrew Jackson
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