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Unit 2

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Middle Colonies   Very diverse; mainly Protestants; Immigration; good farmlands & wheat crops.  
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Southern Colonies - Chesapeake   Virginia & Maryland; tobacco; slaves; monocultural.  
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Southern Colonies - South Carolina & Georgia   Rice & indigo; slaves; similar to Caribbean traditions.  
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Backcountry   Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, & South Carolina; Native Americans; Germans & Scots-Irish.  
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Economic Development   Navigation Acts (1660-1776); powerful England.  
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Great Awakening   Church growth (1740s); new preaching styles; Old Lights & New Lights; ability to choose denomination; ability to choose "after-life"; no pre-destination.  
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Enlightenment   Universe is ruled by a set of laws (gravity, etc.); Benjamin Franklin & Thomas Jefferson.  
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Population   Natural increase; immigration growth.  
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Wars for Empire   Mainly inconclusive; very expensive; lead to the "7 Years War".  
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7 Years War/French & Indian War   9-year war; 1750s- Colonists feel pressured due to population growth; Both French & Indians want land near West Virginia.  
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7 Years War/French & Indian War - Aftermath   Huge land gain; huge debt; Pontus Rebellion  
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Navigation Acts   1660-1776; items needed to be shipped to England before being shipped anywhere else; taxation!  
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Pontus Rebellion   1763; Indian rebellion; leads to the "Proclamation of 1763".  
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Proclamation of 1763   New York through Georgia; all land to the west belongs to the Indians.  
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Stamp Act   1765; needed to raise money to clear debts; imposed taxes on newspapers, marriage licenses, legal documents, etc.  
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Townshend Duties   1767; direct & indirect taxation; Benjamin Franklin proposed enforcement of indirect tax by England.  
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Tea Act   1773; enforced tax on tea.  
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Stamp Act Riots   1765; "taxation without representation" protest; mobs; attacks.  
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Boycotts   1770; due to the Townshend Acts.  
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Boston Massacre   1770; fight between foreign troops & settlers; 5 total deaths.  
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Boston Tea Party   1773; "Sons of Liberty" toss all English tea out into the ocean; wanted to prevent people from purchasing it.  
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Common Sense Pamphlet   1776; Monarchy makes no sense; everyone wants a Republican government; everyone will be happy.  
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Conditions for Victory: Americans   Retreating (making the English chase after them); French assistance.  
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Conditions for Victory: British   Army is trapped and everntually surrenders (1781); moving from Middle Colonies to South Colonies.  
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1775   War begins!  
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1776   Independence declared!  
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1777   Articles of Confederation proposed  
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Articles of Confederation   Need unanimous agreement; have no money; has little authority.  
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1780   Massachusetts Constitution ratified  
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1781   War ends!  
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1783   Treaty signed; Articles of Confederation are ratified.  
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1786   Shays's Rebellion  
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Shays's Rebellion   Uprising in Western Massachusetts.  
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1787   Constitutional Convention  
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Conflict with First State Governments   Unresolved conflict due to the Articles of Confederation; no national government; all states are sovereign & powerful; need to tighten executive authority & expand legislative power.  
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Northwest Ordinance   1787; changed land into states; did not want to replicate the colonies; very anti-colonial; no slavery; very equal.  
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Republicanism   Governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is elected (not hereditary); stresses liberty & rights as central values, makes the people as a whole sovereign, rejects inherited political power, and expects citizens to perform civil duties.  
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Federalists   Arguing against the Articles of Confederation; wanted a new constitution; wanted a stronger national government.  
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Antifederalists   Opposed a new constitution; argue that the central governing authority should not be equal or inferior to that of the states; state governments should be more powerful.  
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1788   New Constitution!!!  
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