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Jun 10, 1215
magna carta
A charter that King john was forced into sighning, reduced power of the king and gave more to paliment -
English bill of rights
limited power of the king -
The french indian war
war between the french and british over a fight over the ohio river valley -
trety of paris was sighned
ended the war and distributed some land that helped expand the colonies -
King bans settling west of the appalachin mountians
because of indians attacking colonists that moved to western parts of british land. was also the begining of the british king starting to put laws on colonists. -
sugar act was passed
alowwed british to check colonial ships for smuggled goods -
First colonial boycott is performed
first time the colonist demostrated their dislike of their laws -
Stamp act is passed
put a tax on all paper products, and by all I mean everthing to licenes to playing cards first time the british taxed the colonists -
Stamp act is repealed
Due to boycotts and other demenstrations the british repealed the stamp act -
Declatory act
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Townshed act is passed
put taxes on glass lead paper paint, and tea, It ws an effort by Charels townshend t lower Britan's debt from the french indian war -
Brtitish soilders are sent to restore order from protests in boston
Soliders are sent to stop riots and protest in boston that where caused by the townshend act -
Boston massacre
During a protest by the people of boston mocked british soilders and the soilders ended up killing 5 people acedentaly -
Boston tea party
Some british boats carrying lots of tea came from india to boston harbor. So in protest of the repeal of the townshend act on everything except tea they threw all the tea of on the boats into the water. -
Intolerable act
Britans reasponce to the boston tea party -
Governer of massachucets is changed by the king
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massachucets charter canceled
part of the intolerable act made massachucetts a royal colony and made it's government controlled by britan -
Qurtering act
made it a law to have to house british soilders part of the intolerable acts -
boston harbor closed
parted of the intolerable acts and it shut down boston's harbor wich is one of the colonies major tradeing port -
First continenital was formed
A group of officals who talked about seperateing britan and starting america. -
Benedict arnold siges fort ticonderoga
First battle won by the contenenal army and gave them much need artillary -
patrick henery's speach
The speach, most famous for the line"Give me liberty, or give me death!", was in richmont virginia and it's purpous was get voulenteers to make an infantry or calvery for the Colonists to fight the british with. -
Governer gage takes the colonist's weapons
He orderde the british soliders to destroy the colonist's weapons wich lead to the battle of lexington -
paul revere rode to warn people of the british
happened when british soildeers were coming to boston so Paul had to warn all the minut men to get ready so he rode down the streets yelling "the british are comming" -
first battle of lexington
Was the first battle of the rvelutionary war -
2nd contenental congress was formed
They formed frrom the 1st congress and started taking action to fight and seperate from the british -
Continental army is formed
Formed to defend the colonies from British -
Gorge washington is appointed commander of the continental army
Gorge Washington was elected the Commander of the continental army. -
battle of buker hill was fought
A battle that was fought at bunker hill lost purely of the fact that the colonial army ran out of amunition. Showed the the colonies could fight just as well as the british. -
olive branch pettetion
An effort to stop the war pettetioning the intolerable acts -
common sence was written
A pamplet written by thomas paine aying how wrong the british government was -
Gorge washington ocupies dorchester heights boston
Gorge Fortified dorchester hieghts boston to prepare for british -
first draft of the decleration of independence was written
2nd congress starts writeing the decleration to make it known that they are seperaing -
Declaration of indepence was signed
Everybody who helped write it sighned it and shipped it to the king. -
Articles of confederation
First binding document of the USA sevred as law of the land -
land ordiance
Law that made a plan for distributeing land west of the applachin mountains -
Period: to
Shay's rebellion
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northwest ordiance
said that land north of the ohio river and east of the missiippi rive would eventaukky become part of the united states -
Constitution ratification
when all the states ratified the constitution
