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1712
The New York Slave revolt broke out after 23 slaves were angry and attcked whites killing 9 and injurying 6, which ended with 70 blacks being jailed or excuted -
1730-40
The Great Awakening began and swept through America. This impacted the US religiously and spirtiually bring protestants, baptists, and Presbyterians -
1764
The sugar act began on the colonists because the British wanted to gain more money so they taxed sugar, molasses on the Americans -
1765
The stamp act was passed because the british wanted more money and to show the colonists they had to pay taxes, so they taxed paper goods which caused a big uproar for the colonists -
1767
the townshend act was passed as a way to excert control and power over the colonists by taxes on glass, lead, paper, tea, and regulations of funds -
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1770
The Boston massacre out broke, which was a street brawl between american colonists and british soliders that quickly escalated to killings. -
1787-88
The federalists papers were published, which is a series of 85 essay to try to urge to new yorkians to ratify the new consititution -
1791
The bill of rights was ratified as a way that americans knew that their rights wouldn't be messed with like the british government did to them. In hopes for safty, peace, and equality -
1794
the whiskey rebellion broke out in Pennsylvania because the americans wanted to protest the unfair tax and were quit angry causing violents -
1800
Thomas Jefferson was elected for president