Presidents
Issued a Proclamation to remain impartial in foreign affairs
Who is George Washington?
a period of time in France when the people overthrew the monarchy and took control of the government. The French Revolution lasted 10 years from 1789 to 1799. It began on July 14, 1789 when revolutionaries stormed a prison called the Bastille
What is the French Revolution?
a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Attack on Shawnee Indians in order to gain their land for the colonies
What is Lord Dunmore’s War?
What are the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
The speech in which this President addresses the importance of remaining neutral with other countries and to stay a united country
What is Washington's Farewell Address?
this required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. If the barracks were too small to house all the soldiers, then localities were to accommodate the soldiers in local inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualing houses, and the houses of sellers of wine.
What is the Quartering Act?
A street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Issued document by British General Sir Henry Clinton that freed many slaves who escaped their masters
What is the Philipsburg Proclamation?
This was the first tax on the American colonies imposed by the British Parliament. Its purpose was to raise revenue through the colonial customs service and to give customs agents more power and latitude with respect to executing seizures and enforcing customs law.
What is the Sugar Act?
Signed a series of laws that limited freedoms and allowed the government to deport foreigners.
Who is John Adams?
this is a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. Decreed on October 7, 1763, the Proclamation Line prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War.
What is the Proclamation of 1763
The first battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775. British troops had moved from Boston toward Lexington and Concord to seize the colonists' military supplies and arrest revolutionaries.
What is Lexington and Concord?
Explain the effects of Pontiac’s Rebellion on the indigenous tribes
Pontiac was forced to sign a treaty, Pontiac was murdered, rebellion failed, led to alliances between tribes.
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.
What is the Stamp Act?
The first time power in America was passed to a different political party without warfare, he got elected despite his Republican values
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England, and to commission agents who would have the sole right to sell tea in the colonies.
What is the Tea Act of 1773?
Idea presented by Benjamin Franklin to unite the 13 colonies, with a delegate and senior leader
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
One major accomplishment of these articles was the success of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 which established a system of creating new states and prohibited the expansion of slavery beyond the Ohio River.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.
What is the Declaratory Act?
Under George Washington's presidency he explained the significance the whisky rebellion had.
led to conflicts with Native Americans > Resulted in treaty of greenfield > Would lead to future conflicts
Make an argument for what started the American Revolution.
The Boston Massacre > The Proclamation of 1763 > The Tea Act
What is the Coercive Acts?
Explain the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
Established a successful system of creating new states whilst also prohibiting the expansion of slavery beyond the Ohio River.
Describe the Townshend act.
a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including the following: New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.