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Navigation Act
Required all European goods bound for America. -
French and Indian War
-British won
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George III became king of Great Britain
He became king and ruled until Jan 1, 1801. -
Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Boston Tea Party
In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia. This document gave the colonists freedom from the British. John Locke mostly influenced Thomas Jefferson in writing this amazing piece of history. -
The United States Constitution
The U.S. Constitution established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. Locke, Hobbes, Montesquieu, and Rossueau influence the founding fathers. -
The Bill of Rights 1789
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
