American History

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  1. 4. People who supported a stronger national government.
  2. 6. Attempt by the British government to consolidate fiscal and political power over the American colonies by placing import taxes on many of the British products bought by Americans, including lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea.
  3. 7. An American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 till he died in 1835.
  4. 8. 3rd American President
  5. 10. Series of four laws were passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
  6. 11. a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C. The treaty brought an end to the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing American and British claims to the Oregon Country.
  7. 12. The war escalated from a regional conflict between Great Britain and France in North America, known today as the French and Indian War.
  8. 13. The acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803.
  9. 14. Acts of British Parliament requiring local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing and food.
  10. 15. The act to tax the importation of molasses from the West Indies, similar to the previous act, but now it was actually going to be enforced by the British navy
  11. 16. A process under which executive or legislative actions are subject to review by the judiciary.
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  1. 1. The document announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain.
  2. 2. A battle on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being stressed by a mob in Boston.
  3. 3. The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
  4. 5. The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
  5. 9. A movement of the 18th century that stressed the belief that give people more knowledge and understanding. Many Christians found the enlightened view of the world consistent with Christian beliefs, and used this rational thinking as support for the existence and benevolence of God.