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stamp act of 1765
The Brits passed the stamp act of 1765 and it required colonist's had to play taxes -
Boston massacre
British guard that were guarding the Boston Customs House shot in to a crowd of people killing 3 people, injuring 8 and 2 of them mortally -
Boston tea party
Americans got bad at The British for taxation without representation and dumped their tea into the sea -
2nd Continental congress meeting
The ambassadors were appointed, Paper money started being printed, raising the Continental Army through conscription, and then appointing the generals to lead the army -
Battle Of Bunker Hill
Americans proved they could hold their own against the British but they had lost still -
Declaration of Independence adopted
The Declaration of Independence had been passed giving freedom to America -
Battle of Trenton
General George Washington had defeated Hessian mercenary's -
Articles of Confederation Created
They gave power to the state governments -
Battle of Camden
British Lieutenant General Charles routed the numerically superior American forces led by Major General Horatio Gates about four miles north of Camden -
Battle of Yorktown
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered to American forces -
Treaty of Paris
This day marked the end of the revolutionary war against the British -
The Great Compromise
Proposed to the lower house about representation and equal representation to the upper house -
Constitutional Convention
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The Constitution is Ratified
The Constitution was now official framework -
The Bill of Rights Adopted
The bill of Rights were right given to citizens of America that let citizen do stuff that was not allowed beforehand