American Identity
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Updated: 20 Oct 2017
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Created byLuca Lostao
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Petition of RightAmerican Revolutionary WarConstitution of The United StatesBill of RightsMayflower CompactHarvard CollegeEducation for FemalesTreaty of Paris7 Years WarJamestown foundedTobacco introducedPennsylvania foundedWiliam & Mary CollegeGeorgia foundedSugar ActGeorge Washington ElectedDeclaration of Independence draftedWhite House constructionConstitutional ConventionFreedom of PressPeriods
Global war between Great Britian and 13 colonies
that resulted in the independence of the U.S.A.A document organizing the government into 3 branches
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial10 amendments protecting individual rights
added to constitutionGroup of 100 puritans sail on the Mayflower
to America and establish Plymouth ColonyHarvard founded in Cambridge as 1st institution for
higher learning (originally founded to teach preachers)English constitutional document that
establishes basic rights that the king is not
allowed to infringe uponQuakers establish 1st of Mid-Atlantic colonies
One of the first schools to teach both boys
& girls to read and write.Treaty signed by France & Britain, ending 7 years war
England now owns all territory from the Eastern Coastline
West to the MississippiFrance & Britain fight for 7 years over territory from
Canada down the west side of the Mississippi
River to New OrleansFirst American colony established by BritishBecomes main source of revenue in 10 yearsWilliam Penn receives colony as gift
and names it after himselfNamed after british rulersAct passed by British, forbidding American importation
ofServes two 4-year termsBy patriot and lawyer Thomas JeffersonFirst cornerstone of White House is laidLarge group of representatives meet
at Philidelphia State house
to discuss future of country
and to draft document
reflecting revolutionary idealsJohn Peter Zengar exposes corrupt
Royal Governor. He originally gets
punished despite being correct.
Eventually jury sides with Zenger
after Andrew Hamilton steps in
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