US History - Colonial Origins, the Revolution, and Forming a New Nation

The 13 Colonies

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These are the three regions which the 13 Colonies are divided

New England, Middle, Southern

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One of the more common reasons for the formation of the colonies was escaping this kind of persecution

Religious

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This would be the first colony of what would eventually become the 13 Colonies, founded in the Chesapeake Bay of the modern-day state of Virginia.

Jamestown

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Colonists had varied relations with these peoples, often coming into conflict with them as colonial boundaries expanded westward

Native Americans

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The colonies enjoyed this during the 1600s and 1700s, where the British only loosely enforced Parliamentary laws in a form of colonial self-government

Salutary Neglect

Act Appropriately

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This Act placed a tax on PRINTED goods (official documents, playing cards, etc.)

Stamp Act

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This new tax forced colonists to pay for the sugar and molasses imported into the colonies

Sugar Act

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The Boston Tea Party was a direct result of this Act

Tea Act

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Colonists were forced to shelter British Soldiers during the peace following the French & Indian War after Parliament passed this

Quartering Act

5

The Intolerable Acts were passed as a punishment against Massachusetts for what event?

Boston Tea Party

Prelude to Revolution

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The first five deaths of the Revolution occurred during this, where British Soldier opened fire on a rowdy New England crowd

The Boston Massacre

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This was one of the common response to the attempted enforcement of new British taxes on the 13 Colonies

Boycotting, Harassing/Taring and Feathering Tax Collectors

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This was the rallying cry for the start of the revolution, citing the new taxes being imposed upon the 13 Colonies

No Taxation without Representation

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The Continental Congress called for the formation of these militia groups, called to be ready at a minute's notice.

Minutemen

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The Intolerable Acts caused the other colonies to come together for the first time, forming this body

1st Continental Congress

The Revolution

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These were the two groups which the colonists divided amongst themselves in supporting either the revolution or the crown

Patriots and Loyalists

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These twin battles is where someone took the Shot Heard Around the World

Lexington and Concord

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This treaty ended the Revolution and saw the formal recognition of American Independence

Treaty of Paris (1783)

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It was at this battle that the World Turned Upside Down, the last battle of the revolution to be fought in the United States

Yorktown

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This document, drafted by a future president, listed the grievances the colonists had against King George III, discussed the unalienable rights of "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"

Declaration of Independace

Forming the Union

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This Document is what governed the country prior to the ratification of the Constitution which only worked at dividing up land.

Articles of Confederation

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The Great Compromise created a Congress made up of these Two Chambers

House of Representatives & Senate

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These 85 Essays were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in defense of the Constitution, and called for its ratification

The Federalist Papers

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This compromise raised the question of slavery in regards to taxation and representation in Congress

3/5ths Compromise

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Part of the Constitution's ratification included this founding document containing the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution

Bill of Rights