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Founding of Jamestown
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Mayflower Compact
Signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower. Was the first written framework of government establisted in the United States. -
Founding of Plymouth
Piligrams wanted a place where they could worship and live as they chose -
House of Burgesses
founded by an English stock company. -
Sons of Liberty
Organision of patriots that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies. They under took the Boston Tea Party in reaction to the increase of taxes. They formed to protect the rights of the colonists. -
Second Continental Congress
Was a convention of delegates from the threeteen colonies. They managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 -
Articles of Confederation
Was the first constitution of the United States. Stemmed from wartime urgency. It was slowed by fears of central authorityand extensive land claims by states. -
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
It inspired people in the Threeteen Colonies to declair and fight for indepentence. It explained the advantages of and the need immediate independence. -
Delaware Ratifies Constitution
Delaware was the first state to ratify the constitution by unanimous vote. Ratification process was a sort of like second American revolution. -
Federalist Papers
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Boston Massacre
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Declaration of Independence
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Constitutional Convention
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New Hampshire Ratifies Const
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Bill of Rights Ratified
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French & Indian War
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Boston Tea Party
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First Continental Congress
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Stamp Act Congress
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Rhode Island Ratifies
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Albany Plan of Union
