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The Stamp Act
was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts -
American revolution
The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War with the assistance of France, winning independence from Great Britain and establishing the United States of America -
Declaration of Independence
one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule. -
Lexington and Concord
hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. -
Siege of Yorktown
The significance of the conflict was that Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington as French and American forces trapped the British at Yorktown. -
The Treaty of Paris
of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. -
USA Constitution
The Constitution of the United States established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. -
Bill of rights
Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803 -
Texas revolution
was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos in putting up armed resistance to the centralist government of Mexico -
Battle of the Alamo
The Alamo was an 18th century Franciscan Mission in San Antonio, Texas, which was the location of an important battle for Texans fighting for independence from Mexico. -
The civil war
Civil War began primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It changed the federal legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the designated areas of the South from slave to free.
