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| full americans independence territory west of the appalachian ceded to americans,loyalists to be compensated for seized property,fishing rights off of Newfoundland |
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| ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION |
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STATES JOINED FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CONGRESS REIGNED SUPREME (LACKED EXECUTIVE & JUDICIAL), ONE VOTE PER STATE, 2/3 VOTE FOR BILLS, UNAMIMOUS FOR AMENDMENTS; TOO MUCH POWER TO STATE, UNABLE TO REGULATE COMMERCE OR TAXES |
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| NORTHWEST ORDINANCE OF 1787 |
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| defined progress for territories to become state (population reached 60,000),forbade slavery in the new territories |
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| settlers to pay the expenses of a servant's voyage & be granted land for each person they brought over;headright system |
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| rebels felt the governor of virginia failed to protect the frontier from the native americans |
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| search warrants on shipping to reduce smuggling; challenged by James Otis |
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| similar to navigation; raised money to pay colonial officials by american taxes; led to boston boycott of engilsh luxuries |
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| increased tariff on suger (and other imports), attempted to harder enforce existnig tariffs |
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| taxes on all legal documents to support british troops, not approved by colonists through their representatives |
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| prohibited colonies from issuing paper money, destabilized colonial economy |
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| all english subjects are represented in parliament, including those not allowed to vote |
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| group of bostonians in opposition to the stamp act, sought to drive stamp distributors from the city |
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| organized and controlled resistance against parliamentary acts in less violent ways (stength of maryadom), advocated nonimportation |
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| allowed parliament to completely legislate over the colonies, limited colonists' say |
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| british soldiers shot intocrowed of snowball figrt; two nine soldiers (defended by john adams) found guity of manslauhter |
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| committees of correspondence |
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| committees appointed from different colonies to communicate on matters; asserted rigth to selfgovernment, coopertion between colonies |
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