Chapter One Notes

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Chapter One Notes
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Chapter 1 Section 1

• Proclamation of 1763 by King George -colonists
  upset
• Sugar Act 1764 - External tax
• Stamp Act 1764-65 - Internal tax
• Sons of liberty - Sam Adams - Repeal Acts
  Boycott
• Declaratory Act troops in March 1770
• Boston Massacre 1770 / 1773 Boston tea party
  Tea Act
• Committee of Correspondence
• 1774 Continental Congress - Redcoats come /
  Minutemen Fighting _at_ Lexington and Concord 278
  British Death -88 American

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Chapter 1 Section 1

• War 1775 -Common Sense by Thomas Paine -
  Declaration of Independence 1776 July 4th (Shout
  Heard Around the World).
• Why Washington? Wealthy, Respected, Experienced -
  Southern plantation owner!!
• 1781 York town, Virginia - British Surrender 1783
  - Diplomats to England (Franklin, Jay, Adams).
• Peace of Paris with Great Britain allowed for a
  sovereign United States

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How We Won

• Enemies of Great Britain
• Patriots 1775
• France 1778
• Spain and Portugal 1779
• Russia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden 1780
• Holy Roman Empire 1781
• Prussia and Portugal in 1782

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Convincing?
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Chapter 1 Section 2

• Articles of Confederation 1781 A Firm League of
  Friendship
• Northwest Ordinance - slavery issue
• War debt - 60 million printing more money
  deflation
• Shays Rebellion - small farmer - 4 deaths
• Government Stages - change in 1787
• Executive - Federal law / Pres.
• Legislative - Congress CHECKS
  BALANCE
• Judicial - Supreme court

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Chapter 1 Section 2

• Great Compromise Senate 2 votes in congress
  House of Reps votes / population
• Federalists
• Anti-federalists -Bill of Rights (the first ten
  Amendments to the Constitution) ratified 1791
• President Wash. -Sec of Treasury Alexander
  Hamilton
• National Bank Whiskey Rebellion
• Hamilton vs. Jefferson

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Chapter 1 Section 3

• Revolution in France - Britain impressing U.S.
  troops
• Alien Act - Sedition Act - Judiciary Act (Pres.
  Adams)
• Jefferson - Embargo Act - War Hawks
• War of 1812 - President Madison Mr. Madisons
  War
• End of War of 1812 in 1814 - Considered Second
  American Revolution
• Andrew Jackson The Indian Killer - National
  hero
• End of U.S. involvement in Europe for about 100
  years.