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French and Indian War
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Stamp Act of 1765
The British Parliament passed the “Stamp Act” to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/stamp-act-1765#:~:text=On%20March%2022%2C%201765%2C%20the,%2C%20documents%2C%20and%20playing%20cards. -
sons of liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a revolutionary group that was founded by Sam adams in the american colonies to advance the rights of the European colonists and to fight taxation by the British government -
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. The event was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. -
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Boston teaparty
the boston tea party was a political protest American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation" and dumped around 342 boxes of tea into the water -
First continental congress meets
During the next two years of President Obama’s second term, the president and Congress wrestled over issues. Obama argued for raising the federal minimum wage and reforming immigration laws, but the division in Congress prevented any significant legislative action. -
Battles of Lexington & concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence. https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript -
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Articles of Confederation created
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777. However, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1, 1781. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German Battle, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British army commanded by British peer and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. -
Treaty of Paris signed
The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution. Based on a1782 preliminary treaty, the agreement recognized U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory. The 1783 Treaty was one of a series of treaties signed at Paris in 1783 that also established peace between Great Britain and the allied nations of France, Spain, and the Netherlands. -
3/5 compromise
Many of the Founding Fathers acknowledged that slavery violated the ideal of liberty that was so central to the American Revolution.
But because they were committed to the sanctity of private property rights, the principles of limited government, and the pursuit of intersectional harmony, they were unable to take bold action against slavery. -
constitution is ratified
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Bill of Rights adopted
William of Orange and his wife Mary became joint rulers of England after accepting a list of conditions that later became known as the English Bill of Rights. This document assured the English people of certain basic civil rights and limited the power of the English monarchy
