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Georgia Founded
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Period: to
French and Indian War
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Proclamation Line of 1763
American settlers could not move into the area the British had won in the French and Indian war -
Currency Act
British control colonial money -
Sugar Act of 1764
taxed sugar and molasses -
Stamp Act
Required a stamp on most paper documents, was the first direct tax on the Americans -
Quartering Act
Each colonial assembly had to provide for the basic needs of soldiers -
Declaratory Act
England had full power over the colonies -
Boston Massacre
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Tea Act
Proposed to help save the East India Trading Company, gave them a monopoly on tea in the colonies -
Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
Made in order to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party and made an example of them -
First Continental Congress
Declaration of Rights and Grievances -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
"First" battle of Revolutionary war -
Period: to
Revolutionary War
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Second Continental Congress
Formed Continental Army, Olive Branch Petition -
Declaration of Independence
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Battle of Saratoga
Considered the turning point in the war -
Battle of Yorktown
The battle that basically ended the war -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty between England and America to end the Revolutionary War -
Constitutional Convention
55 delegates met to create a new constitution for the US -
Constitution Ratified
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George Washington Elected President
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Election of 1796
John Adams elected President -
Alien and Sedition Acts
allowed the president to deport people they saw fit and also prevented people from speaking out against the government