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French and Indian war (1754-1763)
The French and Indian war all started because the British wanted to settle in the Ohio River Valley. George Washington led an army an army against the french although he was defeated, then the British declared war on the french and the french were defeated by British. At the end of day the British won the war and all of this was ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
Treaty Of Paris Signed
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian war. -
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Sons of liberty
beans a secret organization that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies to advance the rights of the European colonists and to fight taxation -
Townshend Act of 1767
This act taxed goods like glass, paper, lead, tea, and oil.This act made the colonists extremely mad. -
Boston Massacre
A fight between colonists and British troops that resulted in British troops opening fire and killing 5 colonists in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
In protest to the Tea Act, 50 colonists dressed up at Mohawk Indians, boarded British tea ships and threw 90,000 pounds of tea over board and into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts3
In response to the Boston Tea Party, the Crown passed a series of laws:
-Boston Harbor would be closed
-Court cases dealing with British soldiers would take place in Britain
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
"Shot Heard around the world".
This was the very first revolutionary war in 1775 when the British sent troops down to the colonies to take all weapons, but while doing this they ran into an untrained angry militia. This horrible colonial "army" defeated 700 British soldiers. -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
The Olive Branch Petition was a final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense (Published)
n this book to this fellow Colonists, Thomas Paine called for independence from Great Britain. What made it popular was the fact that it spoke in plain language, so that everyone could understand it. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
By issuing the Declaration of Independence the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. -
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Battle of Yorktown
ligma.2 Franco land and sea campaign that trapped a huge British army in peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced thier surrender. The siege ended military operations in the American Revolution. -
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Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation. The United States Constitution that emerged from the convention established a federal government with more specific powers, including those related to conducting relations with foreign governments. -
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Bill of Rights adopted
ligma.4The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
