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Articles of Confederation
America's first government with a weak central government and strong state power
Great Compromise
Created a bicameral Congress: House by population, Senate equal
Federalists vs Anti-Federalists
Federalists supported strong central gov; Anti-Feds wanted strong states and a Bill of Rights
Shays' Rebellion
Farmer uprising showing the weakness of the Articles
Salutary Neglect
Britain loosely enforced laws, allowing colonial self-government
Declaration of Independence
Explained why colonies broke from Britain; listed grievances
Intolerable Acts
Punitive laws after Boston Tea Party that united colonies
Boston Tea Party
Protest against taxation without representation
Boston Massacre
British soldiers killed colonists, increasing anti-British sentiment
French and Indian War
Britain vs France; led to debt and colonial taxation
Proclamation of 1763
Limited westward expansion to avoid Native conflict
3/5 Compromise
Counted enslaved people as 3/5 of a person for representation
Jamestown
First permanent English settlement
Bill of Rights
Guaranteed individual freedoms; key Anti-Federalist demand