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| The King had imposed taxes without the consent of the colonists |
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| U.s Constitution provides that all taxes must be approved by Congress |
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| The King made the military superiorto the civil government |
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| U.S. Constitution provides that the Commander-in-Chief is a civilian-the president |
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| The King had kept a large standing army amoung the colonists |
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| Congress has the right to raise and support armies. It determines their size through its control of funds |
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| The King quatered hes troops in the colonists' homes |
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| The 3rd Amendment of the Bill of Rights prohibits the peacetime quatering of soldiers |
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| The King refused colonists permission to petition for a redsress of their grievances |
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| The 1st Amendment of the bill of rights garantees citizens the tight to petition the government for a redress of grievances |
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| The King made judges dependent on his will |
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| all federal judges are appointed for life |
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| How did the colonists respond the the Tea Act? |
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| How did the british respond to that? |
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| British soldiers fired into a crowd of Bostonians killing several civilians |
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| Americans who were loyal subjects of the King |
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| Americans who believed in resisting King George III |
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| British Law at the end of the French and Indian War; said that Americans were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains |
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| Drafted the Declaration of Independence |
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| 1651-Laws passed to make sure that England controlled American trade according to the idea of mercantillism |
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| last major battle of the war |
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| British ships off of Chesapeake Bay were surrounded by a French fleet and prevented from getting supplies or escaping |
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| British surrendered because of lack of supplies |
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| British lost hope of winning the war so they began negotiating a peace treaty |
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| Ended the American revolution |
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| the 13 colonies became independent from England |
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| The boundaries of the new nation were Miss. R on west, Canada to North, and Spanish Florida to the South |
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| An issue not dealt with by the treaty would create problems later; British did not say when they would leave the forts that they occupied in the western frontier |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| first blueprint for a new American government |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| Written after the war began in 1776, but not ratified by all of the states until 1781 |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| It created the Confederation Congress which ran the national government-each state had one vote in Congress |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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Eventually failed for two reasons
- Natl. gov't. too weak
- Natl. gov't lacked power to collect taxes or enforce its laws
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| National government was too weak becasue individual states did not want to give up any of their own powers |
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