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the french and indian war
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France -
Stamp Act of 1765
great Britain made a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on paper only made in great Britain. -
sons of liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a secret revolutionary organization that was founded by Samuel Adams -
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Townshend Act of 1767
the purpose of the Townshend act use them to pay the salaries of judges and governors to enable them to have colonial rule independence. It was also to promote compliance of the 1765 Quartering Act and establish the right of the British Parliament to tax colonies -
the boston massacre
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the British East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
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the battle of yorktown
was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington -
the treaty of paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain -
The Great Compromise
The Great Compromise, was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention between delegates of the states with large and small populations that defined the structure of Congress and the number of representatives each state would have in Congress according to the United States Constitution -
3/5 compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise reached among state delegates during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. Whether -
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bill of rights
The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. https://www.ushistory.org -
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constitutional convention
took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, resulting in the creation of the Constitution of the United States -
Constitution is ratified
this convention consisted of the finalization of the drafting process of the Constitution of the United States
