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Bill of Rights
The English constitutional settlement of 1689, confirming the deposition of James II and the accession of William and Mary, guaranteeing the Protestant succession, and laying down the principles of parliamentary supremacy. -
French and Indian War
New World conflict marked another chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France. -
Stamp Act
Exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight against patriot mobs and British soilders. -
The Boston Tea Party
A raid on three bristish ships in Boston Harbor. They threw several hundred chests of tea overboard. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts was the American Patriots' name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
The document that established the United States as a nation all as one. -
Saratoga
A major battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state. -
Yorktown
The last battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1781 near the seacoast of Virginia. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America. -
Constitution
A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
