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french and indian war
The French and Indian war was a series of 7 wars that the British one. The reason for these wars was because was because the British were taking control of their land. -
Townshend Act of 1767
Parliament passes the Townshend Acts. -
boston massacre
Was a street fight between a patriot mob and a squad of British soldiers. The patriot's started throwing sticks, stones, and snowballs. -
Boston tea party
The British were doing a tea shipment when the colonists destroyed there shipment because they believed that the British was unfairly taxing them. -
Sons of liberty
They organized and started the Boston tea party they were on the Americans side. -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats, and embarked on a lengthy war to earn their independence. American victory. -
Articles of Confederation created
This document served as the United States' first constitution. -
battle of yorktown
Cornwails wanted to keep his men in the Chesapeake and the French and Americans made a plan to capture the British before that could happen. At the end the British surrendered. -
Treaty of Paris signed
Between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation. -
Great compromise
The convention adopted the Great Compromise by a one-vote margin. -
Constitution is ratified
The United States Constitution is the world's longest surviving written charter of government. -
Bill of Rights adopted
Three-fourths of the existing State legislatures ratified the first 10 Amendments of the Constitution called the bill of rights.
