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Manga Carta
A document signed by kind James that limited the power of the ruler -
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Industrial Revolution
The switching from man made to machine powered made products in mass production -
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American Revolution
The American revolution was colonists revolting against Britain winning independence from Great Britain -
Boston massacre
Boston massacre was British soldiers opening fire on American colonista. The significance was it United American colonists and was a turning point in the beginning of the war. -
Lexington and concord
Colonists won the first battle at Lexington and concord.
The first military engagements of the war -
Declaration of Independence
It gave us freedom from England
It listed the grievances -
Battle of Saratoga
A surprise victory at Saratoga this battle made the French into the war on our side
The turning point of the revolutionary war -
Yorktown
The continental army forced the British to surrender and the war was over -
United States Of America!
In 1783 we signed the treaty of Paris and became separate and independent from England -
The bill of rights
Gives Americans rights and is the first 10 amendments of the constitution -
The constitution *primary source
In 1787 the continental congress wrote the us constitution that established a structure for the government
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Marbury Vs Madison
Gave Supreme Court the power of judicial review -
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The Civil war
After years of debating between the north and south they got into a war over slavery and rights.
The north won -
Manifest destiny
In 1862 the government passed a law that allows people to become landowners -
First Amendment
This protected individual freedoms such as religion freedom of speech assembly
