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The Transition of America into the United States of America
French Indian War - Ratification of Bill of Rights -
French Indian War Ends and Treaty of Paris Signed
A war between the British and France + their Indian Allies. The British won the war and gained control of Canada and all of North America east of the Mississippi River. -
English colonists issue Declaration of Independence. American Revolutionary War begins
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Articles of Confederation are ratified and becomes first U.S. constitution
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The Treaty of Paris is signed by the United States and Great Britain officially ending the Revolutionary War and making the U.S. its own independent country and en
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Ex-Patriot soldier Daniel Shays leads an army of poor U.S. citizens in a rebellion against U.S. Government in Massachusetts
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U.S. Congress convenes at Independence Hall in Philadelphia to draft a new Constitution
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Bill of Rights ratified and becomes first 10 amendments of U.S. Constitution
