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French and Indian War
War between Britain and France. War was over land in North America.
Britain tried to make the colonies pay for the war. -
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History of America
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Stamp Act
Britain's first attempt to take some control over the colonies. Colonies started to get infuriated with Britain. -
Boston Massacre
Street fight between Patriot mob throwing snowballs and a British Military Squad. Samuel Adams had it doctored up and distributed to the other cities -
Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty dumped 342 chests of tea from the British East India Tea Company into the Boston Harbor. British tea was more expensive and they couldn't really afford it -
Intolerable Acts
King George is continuing his pursuit of taxes and closed the port until all the tea that got dumped into the Boston Harbor is paid for. All of this only angered the colonists further -
Lexington and Concord
The shot heard around the world. The first Battle of the revolutionary war -
Declaration of Independence
This was the point of no return for the Continental Army. They had 2 choices FREEDOM or DEATH -
Battle of Saratoga
General Burgoyne surrendered! -
Yorktown
The Revolutionary War is Over. British surrender. -
Treaty of Paris
The final agreement saying the Colonies were now free from Britain. -
Constitution
USA adopts the constitution ratified by every state -
Bill of Rights
First ten ammendments to the Constitution
