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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France. The war began in 1754 and ended with the treaty of Paris in 1763. -
Sons of liberty
Was a secret revolutionary organization that was founded by Samuel Adams i the Thirteen American Colonies to advance the rights of European colonist and to fight taxation by the British government -
stamp act of 1765
it was an act of the parliament of great britian which imposed a direct tax on the direct tax of british colonies in america -
Townshed act of 1767
It imposed duties on British and China, glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported to the colonies. However these policies prompted colonist to take action by boycotting British goods. -
Boston Massacre
was a confrontation in which british soldiers shot and killed shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston -
Boston tea party
was a political and mercantile protest by the sons of liberty in Boston -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
It was the first military engagement of the american revolutionary war -
Articles of confederation
It was an agreement of the 13 original states of the united states of america that served as its first constitution. -
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Battle of Yorktown
French troops began the siege against the British general at yorktown -
treaty of Paris signed
signed in Paris by representatives of king George the 3 and the representatives of america -
Great compromise
it was an agreement that large and small states reached during the constitutional convection of 1787 -
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Constitutional Convection
took place in the Pennsylvania state house in Philadelphia -
Constitution is ratified
constitution became the official framework of the government of the united states of america. -
bill of rights adopted
congress transmitted to the state legislature twelve proposed amendments to the constitution
