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American Revolutionary War
Who: United States, France, Spain, Great Britain, Loyalists, German auxilaries, and Ireland
Where: Eastern North America, Gibraltar, Belearic Islands, Central America; French, Dutch, and British colonial possessions in the Indian subcontinent, Africa and elsewhere; European coastal waters, Carribean Sea, Atlantic and Indian Oceans
Why: British recognition of American independence -
Common Sense
Who: Thomas Paine
Where: United States
Why: To explain the advantages of and need for immeadiate indepedence from Great Britain -
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Philadephia Campaign
Who: United States, Great Britain, Hesse-Kassel, and Ansbach-Bayreuth
Where: New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and Pennslyvania
Why: A British initiative in the American Revolutionary War to gain control of Philadelphia, which was then the seat of the Second Continental Congress. -
Treaty of Alliance
Who: United States and France
Where: Paris, France
Why: A defensive alliance, which promised militay support in case of attack by British forces indefinitely into the future -
Ratification of the Articles of Confederation
Who: Virginia, South Carolina, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Georgia, New Hampshire, Pennslyvania, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.
Where: Unknown
Why: Established the Untited States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. -
Treaty of Paris
Who: King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America
Where: Paris, France
Why: To officially end the American Revolutionary War -
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Shay's Rebllion
Who: Daniel Shay and a a group of his rebels called Shayites
Where: Massachusetts, United States of America (mostly in and around Springfield)
Why: Reform of state government -
Constitutional Convention
Who: 55 of the 70 Delegates
Where: Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennslyvania
Why: Address problems in governing the United States of America
