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The French and Indian War
It was the battle between The French and the British for Indian land -
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the founder of the nation's financial system, the Federalist Party, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was made to keep peace with the British and the Indians. After the French and Indian War the British won and they went to go settle but then the proclamation of 1763 was made. -
Townshend Act
British put tax on the on a bunch of stuff like led, tea, and glass that kind of stuff to pay for their debt from the French and Indian War. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty dumped the tea into the Boston harbor because they were mad at taxation with no representation -
First Continental Congress
meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring. -
Lexington and Concord
kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. -
Common Sense
Thomas Pain writes and publishes a pamphlet setting fourth his argument in favor of American independence. -
Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Treaty of Paris
The United States delegation at the Treaty of Paris included John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and William Temple Franklin. Here they are depicted by Benjamin West in his American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Agreement with Great Britain. The British delegation refused to pose, and the painting was never completed.
