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Stamp Act
The stamp act imposed a direct tax on the colonists. Started in 1765 legal documents and printed materials must bear a tax stamp provided by commissioned distributors who would collect the tax in exchange for the stamp. The stamp act helped pay the British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years War. -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts were a series of laws passed by the British parliament after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were supposed to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the tea party protest of the tea act. -
Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration Of Independence is a document that was approved on July 4th, 1776. It announced the separation of 13 American British colonies from Great Britain. The goal was to rally troops, win foreign rally’s, and announce the creation of a new country. -
Battle of Yorktown
The battle of Yorktown was the last great battle of the American Revolutionary War. It’s when the British army surrendered and the British government began to consider a peace treaty. -
Peace Of Paris
ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. And formally recognized the United States as an independent nation. -
Constitution
The U.S constitution is the worlds longest surviving written charter of government. The constitution established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. -
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of imperial rights to the western half of the Mississippi River basin from France by the United States in 1803. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 pitted the young United States in a war against Great Britain. The war was caused by British restrictions on U.S. trade and America's desire to expand its territory. It is important because it brought the United States onto the world's stage in a conflict that ranged throughout the American Northeast, Midwest, and Southeast, into Canada, and onto the high seas and Great Lakes.