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led to Boston Tea Party  \nIntolerable Acts (1774)  \n- Coercive Acts limiting colonial representation in reaction to Boston Tea Party Olive Branch Petition (1775)  \n- Last colonial offering of peace; King George III ruled colonies in rebellion Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation (1775)  \n- British offered slaves freedom in exchange for fighting against the colonists Declaration of Independence (1776)  \n- Justification for independence with outlined natural rights and grievances against King George III and Parliament  \nTreaty of Paris (1783)  \n- British recognize American independence and lands east of the Mississippi are U.S.  \nAPUSH MAJOR GOVERNMENT ACTS/ORDERS/LEGISLATION  \nCONSTITUIONAL PERIOD  \nArticles of Confederation  \n- Loose alliance of states with weak central government with a unicameral legislature unable to tax or regulate interstate commerce  \n- Proven weak by Shays’s Rebellion Land Ordinance of 1785  \n- Grid system for townships in territory north of Ohio River Northwest Ordinance of 1787  \n- Established precedent for statehood; prohibited slavery Virginia Plan  \n- Big state plan of a bicameral legislature based on proportional representation New Jersey Plan  \n- Small state plan of a unicameral legislature based on equal representation Great Compromise aka Connecticut Compromise/Plan  \n- Bicameral legislature: House of Representatives based on proportional representation and Senate based on equal representation (2 per state)  \nThree-Fifths Compromise  \n- Each slave counted as 3/5ths a person and slave importation ended by 1808 Bill of Rights  \n- First ten amendments to Constitution as required by Anti-Federalists for ratification  \nGEORGE WASHINGTON (1789-1797)  \nJudiciary Act of 1787  \n- Established lower federal court system with district courts in each state First Bank of the United States (1791)  \n- Central banking system to establish U.S. credit and manage finances  \n- Nation’s capital in the South as deal for bank Eleventh Amendment (1795)  \n- Citizen may not sue another state without state’s consent Jay’s Treaty (1794)  \n- American sovereignty in Northwest Territory and favorable trade status with Britain  \nPinckney’s Treaty (1795)  \n- Spain recognized American trade rights on Mississippi River and in New Orleans Washington’s Farewell Address (1797)  \n- Avoid permanent alliance and political parties  \nAPUSH MAJOR GOVERNMENT ACTS/ORDERS/LEGISLATION  \nJOHN ADAMS (1797-1801)  \nAlien and Sedition Acts (1798)  \n- Increased naturalization requirements and deportation of enemy aliens; prohibited criticism of federal government  \n- Reaction to XYZ Affair and designed to weaken Democratic-Republicans Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions  \n- Reacting to Alien and Sedition Acts, established concept of states’ rights of nullification of federal laws  \nJudiciary Act of 1801  \n- Increase federal court positions for Adams to fill (Midnight Judges)  \nAPUSH MAJOR GOVERNMENT ACTS/ORDERS/LEGISLATION  \nAGE OF JEFFERSON  \nTHOMAS JEFFERSON (1801-1809)  \nMarbury v. Madison (1803)  \n- Established judicial review Louisiana Purchase (1803)  \n- Acquired land west of Mississippi River to Rocky Mountains from France for $15M ","cbCaipl6TEmUbISc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipl6TEmUbISc","pdf",107380,22,"English","# Colonial\n## Mayflower Compact (1620)\n## Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)\n## Act of Toleration (1649)\n## Acts of Navigation\n# Revolutionary Era\n## Proclamation of 1763\n## Sugar Act (1764)\n## Stamp Act (1765)\n## Tea Act (1773)\n## Intolerable Acts (1774)\n## Olive Branch Petition (1775)\n## Declaration of Independence (1776)\n## Treaty of Paris (1783)\n# Constitutional Period\n## Articles of Confederation\n## Land Ordinance of 1785\n## Northwest Ordinance of 1787\n## Virginia Plan\n## New Jersey Plan\n## Great Compromise\n## Three-Fifths Compromise\n## Bill of Rights","[{\"question\":\"What colonial documents are included, and what do they represent?\",\"answer\":\"The list includes the Mayflower Compact (1620), Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639), the Act of Toleration (1649), and Acts of Navigation. 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