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The Boston Tea Party was a protest against Parliament. The events that happened in the Boston Tea Party was when the colonist dressed up as Native Americans and dumped tea in the ports. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was also known as the Shot heard around the world. The evening before Paul Revere came riding through the town and yelled " The British are coming!" On April 19th the minute men and militias rush to confront them. -
The Declaration of Independence was signed with a quill pen. The first person that signed the Declaration of Independence was John Hancock. -
At the Winter of Valley Forge, they had really hard times. There were unsanitary conditions, shortages of food, warm clothing, and blankets. Also, there was a plague that ran through the camp. -
When the representatives realized that the Articles had flaws in it they compromised and got them ratified because they believed that it was better than an absence of formal national government. -
When Charles Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington they stated "that it was more than a military win." With the outcome of the Battle of Yorktown, it was known as the last major battle of the American Revolution. -
The Constitution being ratified was known as a popular debate within the states. The Constitution was ratified because they proposed a need for a new government. -
When George Washington was first inaugurated he refused to take a salary when he was in office. Also when Goerge Washington was giving the oath he laid his hand on a Bible and it has been that way since. -
Some points that Washington made in his farewell speech are that Americans should put aside their violent likes and dislikes of foreign nations,“The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.” -
For George Washington, everything was just like every other day. Til one morning when he woke up and was having a hard time breathing. He ends up dying between ten and eleven at night on December 14, 1799. -
Election Day of 1800 was the first time in history that there was a peaceful switch of power. -
The supreme court case of Marbury vs. Madison was to "declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional." Because of Marbury vs. Madison, our government is now checks and balances. No one branch has more power than another.