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The French Indian War
War started because both sides wanted to increase in more land. the war had took more lives then the American Revolution. -
The Sugar Acts
The British placed a tax on sugar, wine, and many more things. they tax it because they wanted more money for security because of wars that was going on in the colonies. many citizens were upset about this so most of them rebell and started to stop buying the goods and boycott -
The Stamp Act
british tries to set a law on every printed paper will be tax. this was another way for england to raise more money for there colonies. the citizens rebell and made up the Patrick Henry's Stamp Act Resolves. -
The Tea Act
this was to help the East India Company which was not doing good financially and had eighteen million pounds of unsold tea so they sold it to the colonies for a bargain price. this would not help local bussiness so the colonies in new york and Philadelphia turned back the ships and would not let them unload which eventually begin the bosten tea party. -
The Boston Tea Party
This was the rebell against the bristish which were trying to tax the tea. the colonies begin to destory and throw tea off ships. this was a politcal protest -
Battle of lexington and Concord
british army was requested to come capture two men in concord but they men were warned and was ready for war when they came. they battle started because of one person who is unknown fired a shot. this eventually begin the revolutionary war. -
The Second Continentional Congress
This meeting was with the 13 colonies. this was to decide to break way from Great Britain. they eventually agreed yes and put the colonies into defense -
Thomas Paine Publishes Common Sense
A book that was first published unknown by a englishmen who was going agaisnt the bristish colonies telling americans we should rebell against the british and become independent -
Declaration of Independence
the thirteen American colonies at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states and no longer a part of the British Empire -
Valley Forge
Soldiers who waited out in cabin for almost 5 months with little food and heat. most were bloody or naked wrapped in covers. -
Treaty of Paris
A treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and United States of America -
Shay's Rebellion
Economic depressionAggressive tax and debt collectionState fiscal policy -
Ratification of the Constitution
Another meeting of making laws for the states and colonies -
Constitutional Convention
To fix the problems of governing the states and colonies
