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Us History
part 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Triangle Trade | led directly to the increased importation of enslaved Africans to the Western Hemisphere. |
| British Mercantilism | Economic policy used by the British in which the American Colonies served as a source of raw materials and a market to sell goods. |
| Salutary Neglect | Period of time when the British ignored the colonies because they only wanted to benefit from the econmic prosperity of the colonies |
| French and Indian War | Caused by disputed land claims in the Ohio River valley between the French and the British.[the French and Indian were on the same side. |
| Virigina House of Burgesses/ Mayflower Compact/Town Hall Meetings | They all contributed to the development of representative democracy |
| Albany Plan of Union[1754] | Early attempt to unify American colonies but under British rule. |
| Declaration Independence | State the colonial grievances aginast bristish rule, written by Thomas Jefferson, a statement of democratic principle rather than a framework for government, Take ideas from John Locke's theory of natural rights of people .similar to the Bill of Rights. |
| Thomas Paine | Published Common Sense which was influential in persuading American colonists to support colonies independence from Bristish |
| Response to Mercantilist Policies | committees of correspondence /Non- importation Agreements/Boston Tea Party First Continenetal Congress |
| Major Events Leading to Revolutionary War | Sugar and Stamp Acts- tax forgone molasses and printed material. Quartering Act- requires colonists to house and feed British soliders. Townshend Acts- taxes imported good and tea. Boston Massacre- five people killed by British soldiers |
| Revolutionary War begins | Shortly after the signing of the Delaration Independence |
| American Colonies win the war and independence | with the help of familiar land and forgone aid(France) |
| At the end of the Revolutionary War the | Mississippi became the western boundary of the U.S. |
| articles of confederation | first form of goverment used by the U.S. after indepence from britain |
| Many amercians distrusted a strong central goverment | because of their experiencies under the rule of great britian. They wanted to limit the central government's opportunies to infringe upon the people's liberties. |
| Decentralized | power is broken up and divided among many groups not unified. |
| Problem and Weaknesses | most power remained with the state government national government could not enforce its laws States had the power to collect taxes coin money and control trade. |
| Success of the aritcles | its provided a system for goving the western territories and a process for admitting new states to the union |
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