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Boston Massacre
it was the killing of some colonist by british regulars -
Boston Tea Party
colonist dressed s indians and borded ships with tea nd threw out the tea to rebel agianst tea taxes -
Lexington and Concord
it was the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Common Sense
a pamphlet written by thomas pain that showed an argument of why independence was needed -
Signing of Declaration of Independence
the people signed showing to england that they had declared themselves independent country -
Surrender at Yorktown
british general charels cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia. -
Treaty of Paris
this treaty formally ended the war on independence for america -
Shays' Rebellion
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Constitutional Convention
55 delegates from the statescame togetherr to frame a Constitution for a federal republic that would last into a "remote futurity." -
Passage of Bill of Rights
the first ten amendments added to the constitution to protect the rights of citizens from the goverment,
