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the sons of liberty form
the sons of liberty a loosely formed political group that tended to be violent toward those who didn't share the same views -
Boston massacre
a attack in which nine British solders shot at a crowd of 300 to 400 people who where harassing them... -
Boston tea party
in protests people invade the docks dressed as native Americans boarded a ship and started throwing the crates of tea into the harbor -
intolerable acts
also known as the coercive acts are passed by the British as punishment for the Boston tea party -
first continental congress meeting
the congress met in response to the british abuse in power -
olive branch petition sent to england
its a letter that was trying to prevent war to which king George refuses to respond to it -
thomas paine's common sense
a document that is renown as one of the first popular mass communication "I've reading common sense by Thomas paine some men say that i'm intense or I'm insane" - angelica Schuyler Hamelton the musical -
declaration of independence adopted
by adopting the declaration of independence the US severed the political connections to Britain -
battle of Trenton
a small battle but it changed the course of the war -
the articles of confederation created
an article that made the states have limits on how they govern things. -
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the battle of York town
the battle that the British surrendered
" after a week of fighting a young in a red coat stands a parapet, we lower out guns as he franticly waved a white handkerchief" -Hamelton the musical -
the treaty of paris
a treaty signed by the US and England -
3/5ths compromise
it was decided that in slave states 5 slaves would be counted as 3 people -
the constitution is ratified
the longest surviving written government -
the bill of rights is adopted
12 amendments adopted by the state -
Hamilton the musical coming out
a musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda who also plays hamilton in it.