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French & Indian War
neat website Also known as the seven year war, the New World conflict marked another chapter in the long struggle between Britain and France. When France expanded into the Ohio River Valley brought continuous with the British colonies, a series of battles led to the official British declaration of war in 1756. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. The act, which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, came at a time when the British Empire was deep in debt from the Seven Years' War (1756-63) and looking to its North American colonies as a revenue source. -
Townshend Act
neat website is a series of four acts passed by the British Parliament in an attempt to change what is considered to be its historic right to make use of authority over the colonies through suspension of a unmanageable representative assembly and through strict provisions for the collection of revenue duties. The British American colonists named the acts after Charles Townshend, who sponsored them. -
Boston Massacre
Happen in Boston which explains the name. The British opened fire on five American colonist killing them. It was said that colonist where antagonizing The British by throwing sticks and snowballs at them. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party happened in 3 British ships in the Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party took place because the colonists did not want to have to pay taxes on the British tea. ... The effect of the Boston Tea Party was that the British passed the Intolerable acts, which were very harsh and cruel to the people of Boston. -
First Continental Congress Meets
The Continental Congress served as the government of the 13 American colonies and later the United States. The First Continental Congress, which was comprised of delegates from the colonies, met in 1774 in reaction to the Coercive Acts, a series of measures imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord signaled the start of the American Revolutionary war on April 19, 1775. The British Army set out from Boston to capture rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington as well as to destroy the Americans store of weapons and ammunition in Concord. The colonists were warned however, by riders including Paul Revere, that the British Army was approaching -
Second Continental Congress Meets05
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia in May 1775, soon after the launch of the American Revolutionary War. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met between September and October of 1774. -
Deceleration of Independence
Declaration of Independence which includes the Preamble, A Declaration of Rights, A Bill of Indictment, and A Statement of Independence those are the 4 main parts. -
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Battle of Yorktown
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Treaty of Paris
Was a peace treaty. The treaty basically said the American Revolutionary War was ended. Great Britain's colonial empire was destroyed in North America. They drafted it November 30th, 1782 it was effective May 12th, 1782. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government. The United States Constitution that emerged from the convention established a federal government, including those related to conducting relations with foreign governments. Many of the responsibilities for foreign affairs fell under the authority of an executive branch. The Constitution came into effect in 1789. -
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Bills of Right Adopted
It is the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, confirming the fundamental rights of American citizens. The new United States of America adopted them on December 15, 1791. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, and the press, the rights of peaceful assembly and petition.
