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New Jersey Plan This was also called for a unicameral, or one-house, legislature. The plan gave each state an equal number of votes, thus an equal voice, in the federal government. Gave more power to state governments. This plan gave the federal government the power to tax citizens in all states, and it allowed the government to regulate commerce. The smaller states came up with a plan to stop the larger states from getting too much power. || Great Compromise The agreement to create a two-house legislature. James Wilson, a great speaker, saw his dream of a strong national government come true. -number of representatives based on state populations in lower house. - Bicameral legislature - number of representatives equal from each state in upper house. |||| Virginia Plan Edmund Randolph of Virginia presented the Virginia Plan. He proposed a new federal constitution that would give sovereignty, or supreme power, to the central government. The legislature would be bicameral- made up of two houses or groups of representatives- and chosen on the basis of state populations. Bigger states would have more representatives than would smaller states. Delegates from the smaller states believed that it would give too much power to the bigger states. Gave more power to national government ||

__What does the Declaration Of Independence mean?__

The Declaration of Independence has 3 different parts. The first part of the Declaration of Independence demonstrates that when a group of people are treated so badly, that they are forced to leave because their natural rights have been taken away from them. They must give the world reasons why. The second part of the Declaration of Independence explains the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness and consent of the govern. The conclusion for the Declaration of Independence states that the united colonists have rights to be free.

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10/7 1-10 || Justify your Rating ||  || colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items || 5 ||  ||   || It was "indirect" because it was collected at sea ports before the items reached colonial stores. || 7 ||  ||   ||, killing 5 people. || 1 ||  ||   || British tea ships and dumped more than 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. || 3 ||  ||   || and to tighten government control of the colonies. ||  ||   ||   || to the closing of Boston Harbor, increased taxes, and abuses of authority by the British government, delegates petitioned King George 3, listing freedoms they believed colonists should enjoy. ||  ||   ||   || gathered around Boston in anticipation of the next battle. Second Continental Congress met and drafted a new appeal to the King. They also selected George Washington to lead the army of minutemen surrounding Boston. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * The Event || Describe.the.event.in.your.words || Unrest Rating
 * The Proclamation of 1763 || Law that forbids colonists from moving west of Appalaichins || 3 ||  ||   ||
 * The Quartering Act || Colonists were forced to give soldiers a place to stay || 5 ||  ||   ||
 * Stamp Act || A law passed by Parliament that raised tax money by requiring
 * Townshend Acts || Hoped the colonists would not notice they were paying a tax.
 * Boston Massacre || An incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists
 * Boston Tea Party || A protest against the Tea Act in which a group of colonists boarded
 * The Intolerable Acts || Laws passed by Parliament to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party
 * First Continental Congress || A meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to respond
 * Lexington & Concord || After the battles of Lexington & Concord, thousands of minutemen from the area

Patriot Colonists know as __patriots__ chose to fight for independence. A patriot is American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War. Historians estimate that 40 to 45 percent of Americans were Patriots, while 20 to 30 percent were Loyalists. The rest of the Americans were neutral. When the Declaration of Independence was signed, Loyalists and the Patriots started to become opponents. Even though many women were mostly Patriots, the Declaration did not address their rights. Some Patriot writers had compared living under the British rule living as slaves. On March 17, 1812 (three months before the War of 1812 began), American Patriots under Major General Thomas Pinckney and Colonel Thomas Smith occupied Fernandina and declared Florida as United States territory.



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