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French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was when British and French colonies were pitted against each other. France cedes New France east of the Mississippi River to Great Britian, retaining Saint Pierre and Miquelon and transfers Louisiana to Spain -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was when British and French colonies were pitted against each other. France cedes New France east of the Mississippi River to Great Britian, retaining Saint Pierre and Miquelon and transfers Louisiana to Spain -
Sons of Liberty
An organization formed secretly in 1765 that was founded by Samuel Adams to fight taxes put on by the British. This also help battle with the Stamp Act in 1765 -
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Townshend Act
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Boston tea party
The Boston tea party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at griffin's wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. The american colonist were frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing "taxation without representation" so they dumped tea, imported by the British east India company into the harbor. -
First Continental Congress
12 Delegates from the 13 original colonies met to discuss the Coercive -
Second continental congress meet
The second continental congress meet would represent Americas first real attempt at representative self-governance, with it being the governing body of the american colonies from 1775- 1781 -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first battle of the American Revolutionary war, hundreds of British troops marched down from Boston to Concord in attempts to seize an arms cache. From then on this led to many more battles, stopping in 1783 when the colonists won their independence.
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Declaration of independence adopted
By issuing the Declaration of independence, adopted by the continental congress on July 4th, 1776, the 13 american colonies served their political connections to Great Britain. -
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The battle of Yorktown
Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington as french and american forces trapped the British at Yorktown. When the British surrendered the battle of Yorktown was an american victory. -
Treaty of Paris signed
The treaty of pairs was signed by us and British representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the war of the american revolution. the agreement recognized u.s independence and granted the u.s significant western territory. -
Constitution is ratified
The ratification process started when the congress turned the constitution over to the state legislatures for consideration through specially elected state conventions of the people. The ratification took 10 months for the first 9 states to approve the constitution. -
The Great Compromise
An agreement between small and large states that led to the formation of the House of Representatives. This allowed each state to have two senators to represent each state equally.
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Constitutional convention
The constitutional convention took place from May 25, 1787, to September 17, 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the meeting was to decide how america was going to be governed. -
Bill of Rights adopted
The first ten amendments to the constituion were ratified by states after President Washington had sent 12 of the amendments to congress. It spells out the rights of citizens.
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights/how-did-it-happen
