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French and Indian War
The war provided Great Britian enormous territorial gain in North America. Also paying for war expenses led to colonial discontent. Conflict began with land because Britian tried to claim the same land. click link -
Sons of LIberty
The Sons of Liberty was a secret organization that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies to advance the rights of the European colonists and to fight taxation by the British Government. It played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in 1765.
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Townshend Act of 1767
The townshend Acts were series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies. New taxes like paper,tea,glass,and lead.
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Boston Massacre
It was a deadly riot on King Street in Boston. The British had instituted a number of new taxes on the American Colonies including taxes on tea,paint,and lead. click link -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16th, 1773. This was caused by the Tea Act. click link -
Intolerable Act
They were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts Colonists for the Tea Party protest. click link -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington an Concord, fought April 19th, 1775. This kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tensions have been building for many years between residents of the 13 American Colonies and the British Authorities, particularly in Massachusetts.
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Second Continental Congress Meet
They wanted to move towards independence. The first action was to create a army called Continental Army. click link -
Declaration of Independence Adopted
The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (Now known as Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4th, 1776.
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Battle of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, also know as the Battle of Yorktown began September 28th, 1781 and ended October 19th, 1781. This was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by Comte de Rochambeau over a British peer and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. -
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Great Compromise
The Great Compromise was presented at the Constitutional Convention, which was a meeting of states whose delegates were formulating plans for the National Government.
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Constitution is Ratified
It took 10 months for the first nine states to approve the constitution. The first state to approve was Delaware, on December 7th, 1787, by a unanimous vote (30-0).
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Bill of Rights Adopted
On September 25th, 1789, Congress transmitted to the state Legislatures twelve proposed amendments to the constitution. Numbers three through twelve were adopted by the states to become United States Bill of Rights, effective December 15th, 1791.
https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-amendments/bill-of-rights/
