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-grenville hoped this change would convince the colonists to pay the taxes instead of smuggling.
-the sugar act angered many colonists. -
-the stamp act outraged the colonists
-this caused a mass boycott by the sons of liberty who told the rest of the colonists to do the same -
-parliament passed the Townsend acts to tax imported goods such as glass,tea,and paper.
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-the east India company kept shipping tea despite warnings
the sons of liberty acted swiftly dressed as Indians they got on the ship and started dumping tea over board making a statement towards the British that says they will not back down and stand for these taxes any more. -
parliament passed a series of acts to surround and master the colonies.
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Thomas Jefferson declared independence from the British for america with many other colonies
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this battle was small,but very prevalent in the war. these battles helped turn the tide in the patriots direction.
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the act of freeing ones slave of slaves
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this battle was fought in saratoga and the patriots events won this battle witch let them win the war.
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this is when the British captured Philadelphia.
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this was basically the original constitution however, they did not give the parliament enough power so it had to be replaced with the modern constitution.
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In 1778 Thomas Jefferson introduced a Virginia law prohibiting the importation of enslaved Africans.
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this is when general George Washington and his troops were stuck in valley forge with little supplies because the people who sold food and supplies decided not to except there currency.
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in 1778 some of the patriots to pass a new constitution but it was rejected because they thought it was to big of a isue for the people to try and vote on.
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John Paul Jones was a commander of a american war ship in the revolutionary war. He took down many apposing British ships,
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in 1779, Spain decided to have a alliance with america in the revolutionary war to overthrow the British.
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The British took over Charles town to help future efforts in taking over the southern colonies.
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After this battle the British finally gave up as america had its independents.the general for the British surrendered his troops and the reinforcement ships never came.
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this is when Robert Morris attempted to set up a federal tax system for the government.
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king goegre the third was forced to sign this treaty witch finally ended the war.
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there was a treaty that allowed free navigation to american settlers. then Spain took this away from the Americas. this outraged a lot of american settlers.
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the ordinance of 1785 allowed settlers to purchase land out west.
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the north west ordinance was the general rules given to the settlers.
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this was a poorly attempted rebellion on america.
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This is when all of the states and there representatives came together to determined how america would be governed.
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Delaware was the first state to approve to the constitution in a unanimous vote.
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New Hampshire was the first state to ratify the constitution. Also the constitution was the first constitution ever ratified by an American commonwealth.
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this gave people the opportunity to by land directly from the federal government.
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In 1987 the finally did away the articles of confederation. they replaced it with the constitution and got the majority of people to sign it.