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American revolution
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French and Indian war ends
Also known as the seven year war fought between Britain and France it ended with the treaty of Paris -
Navigation acts take place
Used to promote the self sufficiency of the British empire by restricting trade -
Stamp act
First direct tax on American colonies, used to raise money for Britain. Taxed newspapers, playing cards, and legal documents. -
Boston massacre
Confrontation in Boston in which a group of nine British soldiers shot five people out of a crowd of hundreds of people who were verbally harassing them -
Tea act
Granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without going to England -
Boston tea party
A political protest “taxation without representation” dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor -
Intolerable acts
A series of laws aimed to punish the colonists for the act taken in the tea party protest -
Continental congress
A meeting between the delegates of the colonies and met to react and discuss the intolerable acts -
Lexington and Concord
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War the battles were fought in the towns. It broke out because a shot was accidentally fired and the British were forced to attack -
Second continental congress
A meeting that took place inside the independence hall a month after Lexington and concord -
Declaration of Independence adopted
The continental congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. It was engrossed and parched on august 2 when they began signing it -
Battle of Saratoga
The Americans defeated the British army after the British had plans to invade New England from Canada -
Winter at valley forge
The third of eight winter encampments for the continental army commanded by general George Washington -
Battle of Yorktown
The French and the Americans joined to capture the British before they could keep their men in the town of Chesapeake waiting for supplies and reinforcements -
U.s. constitution written
The first words state “we the people” means that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens -
U.s. constitution adopted
The constitution was adopted after New Hampshire Became the ninth state to put it into order the confederation congress put it into act and began operating under the constitution