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The treaty of the end of French and Indian war
The French received all land from the Mississippi River west, while the British received all land from the Mississippi River east. -
Sugar Act
parliament lowered the tax on sugar in hopes colonists would stop smuggling. -
Stamp Act
Patrick Henry and Va house passed a resolution that: Colonists were the only ones to collect taxes -
Townshend Act
Parliament enacted the Townshend act which taxed imported goods before entering the colonies -
Battles of Trenton and New Jersey
small battle during aw -
Jefferson writes DOI
Jefferson writes the declaration of independence. -
American and British Battle of Saratoga
americans won over british -
Howe captures Philadelphia
campaign was a British initiative in the American Revolutionary War to gain control of Philadelphia, which was then the seat of the Second Continental Congress. -
Congress prohibits enslaved people imported to the US
no new slaves were to be imported -
manumission
1776 thru 1778
release from slavery -
winter at valley forge
roved to be a great trial for the American army, and of the 11,000 soldiers stationed at Valley Forge, hundreds died from disease. However, the suffering troops were held together by loyalty to the Patriot cause and to General Washington, who stayed with his men -
John Paul Jones & Serapis
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Spain Declares war on Great Britain
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British forces capture Charles Town
March 29 to May 12 during the American revolutionary war -
British surrender at Yorktown
British finally surrender -
Treaty of Paris
ended the American war -
plans for the first fedral tax
in order to help pay for the soldiers food and for them to fight they had to pay a tax. -
Spain closed lower Mississippi river to american western settlers
In June 1784 Spain closed the navigation of the Mississippi to Americans. Westerners were outraged and threatened war against Spain -
the oridinance of 1785
It set up a standardized system where settlers could purchase farmland in the undeveloped west. -
northwest of ordinance
the rules for ordinance of 1785 -
convention
george Washington was persuaded to attend the Constitutional Convention and was unanimously elected its president -
signing of the constitution
at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention, representing 12 states all but Rhode Island, which declined to send delegates -
Delaware first state to approve constitution
the first state to ratify was Delaware, on December 7, 1787, by a unanimous vote 30 - 0. -
shays rebellion
was an armed battle in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis among the citizens and the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades -
land act of 1800
Under this law, people had the opportunity to buy land in the Northwest Territory directly from the federal government people had to purchase at least 320 acres of land for a minimum of two dollars per acre.
