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After Washington defeated the French, he built Fort Necessity in Louisiana.
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The seven years war began as the British declared war with France.
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The Treaty of Paris was signed.
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Parliament passes the Stamp Act. Announced by Prime Minister George Greenville.
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The Quartering Act was passed by the Parliament in order to asess the deyploment of British troops.
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Bostonian citizens attacks British soldiers in Boston, Massachusets.
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A group of men who opposes the Tea Act went and attacked the ships with tea that came from Britain disguised as Indians with Mohawks an threw all the tea out onto the open sea.
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War between Americans and the British. Americans fought with the British to gain their own independence and freedom.
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Jefferson declared his written document for Independence that King George will stop abusing the people of the United States and that gave us freedom.
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The Declaration of Independence was signed by 56 congress men including John Hancock, Ben Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson.
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George Washington sets up a camp at Valley Forge but they were lacking supplies from the very start. The 12,000 men who were encamped there suffered greatly.
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The Constitution was ratified and it became our new government.
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The first President of the United States was elected which was George Washington
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Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana territory when he heard it was about to fall the hands of France but hence, he did not let this happen and bought the Louisiana territory for $15 million dollars per acre and that double the size of the United States.
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After the Louisiana territory was purchased, the Congress approved $2,500 for an exploratory expedition to the unknown Louisiana territory. Lewis and Clark were the two men who were hired to explore the west.
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The American army defeated the Native Americans who were staying at Prophetstown and burned it down which drove off the natives.
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The War of 1812 was to maintain the American Independence from the British.
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The Monroe Doctrine was made for President James Monroe's seventh annual message to the Congress. According to Monroe, the Europeans must respect the Western Hemisphere.
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President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. The Cherokee were forced to move west according to the American Congress during the winter. Nearly 4,000 Native Americans died on this march to the west well known as the "Trail of Tears".
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Texans went to the town of Gonzales and shot Mexicans. This led up to the Texas Revolution for Independece.
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Americans fought for land that was originally from the Mexicans. After this war, Mexicans lost nearly one-third of their land.
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The American Civil War was a war for the slaves to gain freedom and have equality shared with the people of the United States.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was signed and issued by President Abraham Lincoln.
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Reconstruction ended due to the fact that the Northerners were tired of the decade of reconstruction efforts.