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Jonathan Edwards was a powerful pruitan minister during the Great Awakening. He believed and preached that it was simply not enough for people to come to church to be saved they also had to feel their sins and feel Gods love.
Jonathan Edwards preaching pushed the great Awakening and it made people more involved with the church because they wanted to be saved and they would do almost anything to be saved. even if it meant staying at church longer. |
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John Locke was an english philosopher that all people have life, liberty and property. With his ideas this really sparked the American Revolution.
The reason John Locke is important is because his ideas were the starting point for the American Revolution because all the people wanted life, liberty, and property. Also John Lockes ideas gave Jefferson the idea when righting the declaration of independence that he should right life, liberty, and the persute of happiness. |
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the great awakening is the time during the 1700's when people started listening to philosophers who said that there was no need for religion and that science was the only thing that made any sense. The purpose of the great awakening was to go back and the early and pure puritan church.
The purpose of the great awakening is that it really showed that something could compete with religion that being science. Some people were being drawn away from religion and so there had to be something that would make the people think that they had to go back to church and learn things about religion all over again. |
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This act imposed a tax on documents and printed items such as wills, newspapers, and playing cards. A stamp would be placed on the items to prove that the tax had been paid.Later a group called the Sons of Liberty baned together to ban the act.
The importance of this is that it showed that the Americans were not weak people and that if they wanted something changed that they could get it changed like being seperated from England. |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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The declaration of independece was chosen to make the final draft of the declaration of independence. The declaration declared that we were independent from England and the god awful queen.
The importance of this document is that it showed that we were ready to get away from our old country and leave the queen behind. |
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| Saratoga and Valley Forge |
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Saratoga: They surrounded British troups (Burgoyne) where he surrendered. After the surrender of Burgoyne the French decied that they would openly join the side of the US thinking that the US had a shot in winning this war.
Valley Forge: The location where Washinton and many of his soldiers fought to stay alive in the cold and with very little food. 2000 soldiers died.
Both of these things are very important because they were both turning points or important points during the war. saratoga was good for the americans because they had an ally during the war and valley forge was a bad thing because the americans lost 2000 men. |
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The Treaty of Paris confirmed the US independence and settled the border of the new nation (From the Atlantic to the Mississippi).
The Treaty of Paris was very important cause this was the document that confirmed that the US was now its own nation and that it was independent. |
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A war between France and Great Britain. The reason for the name the French Indian War. The conflict was in the Americas and was caused because of the territory disputes between the growing french empire and the British empire.
The importance of this in history is that the British gained almost all of Canada and North America East of the Mississippi River. |
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The act granted the East India company the right to sell tea to the colonies free of the taxes that colonial tea sellers had to pay.
The importance of the tea acts set into motion a chain of events which included the Boston Tea Party and led to the formation the first continental congress. in septemver 1774. |
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The intolerable acts were created by King George III in response to the Boston Tea Party. The Intolerable acts included placing the boston harbor under martial law, appointing a new governer of massachusets, and authorized British commanders to house soldiers in vacant homes and buildings.
The importance of the intolerable acts set into motion a chain of events which led to the formation the first continental congress. in september 1774. |
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Where the British camped there troops under general Cornwallis. Eventually the British surrendered on October 19, 1781, and ended the revolutionary war.
the importance was that it ended the revolutionary war. |
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A 50 page pamphlet attacking King George III and the monarchy for ruling the American Colonies.
The importance was that it was the first document that talked about the American Colonies and their independence from Britain. |
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a nation could increase its
wealth and power in two ways: by obtaining as much gold and silver as possible,
and by establishing a favorable balance of trade, in which it sold more goods than
it bought.
The importance was that it was a theory that made self sufficient and eventually become independent. |
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• No country could trade with the colonies unless the goods
were shipped in either colonial or English ships.
• All vessels had to be operated by crews that were at least threequarters
English or colonial.
• The colonies could export certain products, including tobacco
and sugar—and later rice, molasses, and furs—only to England.
• Almost all goods traded between the colonies and Europe first
had to pass through an English port.
The importance is the acts spurred a boom in the colonial shipbuilding industry and helped
support the development of numerous other colonial industries. |
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| 13 colonies economic activities |
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New England colonies: Ship building, shipping, fishing, trading, and livestock
Middle colonies: trade, foodsuffs, shipping, and shipbuilding
Southern colonies: tobacco, wheat, and rice
The importance was that in America there was a big range of things that they sold and traded. thus improving their economy. |
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became the most popular and influencial preacher of his time.
importance is that he started the Great Awakening. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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The Articles set up a Congress in which each state
would have one vote regardless of population. Powers were
divided between the states and the national government.
The importance of this was that it was the first time that each state was equal no matter what the population was. |
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| Federalists/Anti-Federalists |
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Federalists: Supporters of the constitution
Anit-Federalists: Against the constitution and didnt like having a strong central government
The importance of this is that these were the first two parties in the government at the time. |
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The bill of rights are the first 10 ammendments of the constitution. The First Amendment guarantees citizens’ rights to freedom of religion,
speech, the press, and political activity. According to the Second and Third
Amendments, the government cannot deny citizens the right to bear arms as members
of a militia of citizen-soldiers, nor can the government house troops in private
homes in peacetime. The Fourth Amendment prevents the search of citizens’
homes without proper warrants. The Fifth through Eighth Amendments guarantee
fair treatment for individuals accused of crimes. The Ninth and Tenth Amendments
impose general limits on the powers of the federal government.
Native americans and slaves were excluded.
The importance of this is that it gave individual rights to all white males. |
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Daniel Shay led a rebelion of farmers and slaves to Springfield, Massachusetts to show their discontent with the government.
This was important because it showed the need for a stronger centeral government. |
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The X Y and Z where code names for low-levels french officials that demanded a 250,000 dollar bribe for meeting Talleyrand.Congress created a navy department
and authorized American ships to seize French vessels. For the next two years, an
undeclared naval war raged between France and the United States.
The importance of this is that this caused tension between France and the Americans and it also created the American Navy. |
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These acts where formed to quite down the foreign dissidents. Three of these measures, the Alien Acts, raised
the residence requirement for American citizenship from 5 years to 14 years and
allowed the president to deport or jail any alien considered undesirable.
The importance was that it was the first immigration rules that the US had. |
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a two- party system (Federalists and Democratic-Republicans) the Federalists believed in a strong centeral government. The democratic-republicans belived in a strong state government.
This is important because it created two parties and it created two parties with different views. |
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an incident
occurred that reflected the tension between federal and regional interests.
The furious whiskey producers in western Pennsylvania refused to pay the
tax and attacked the tax collectors. Thus starting the whiskey rebellion.
The importance is that the Whiskey Rebellion, as it came to
be known, marked the first use of armed force to assert federal authority. |
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the Great Compromise offered a two-house Congress to satisfy both small and big states. Each
state would have equal representation in the Senate, or upper house. The size of
the population of each state would determine its representation
in the House of Representatives, or lower house.
The importance of this is that it satisfied both the small and the large states because it gave them equal representation. |
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The 3/5 compromise was a compromise that allowed 3/5 of the states slaves to be counted as the population. Which would let them have more seats in the house of representatives,
The reason that this is important it because it shows that the white men really didnt appreciate the slaves and that they were nothing more than workers and people that gave a state a bigger population. |
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