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french and indian war
the french and indian would attack the british colonists that would go past the appalachian mountains. the war lasted 7 years -
the stamp act
exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. the colonists had to pay to mail things -
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the stamp act and the revolution of the stamp act
exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. but then the colonests fought back and made the king reapel the act -
the proclamation of 1763
it was when the war finally ended and a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains was formed so there would finally be peace between the colonists and indians -
sugar act
a tax was placed on sugar and or any othere sweets or liquar. -
the stamp act was repeald
the stam act was repeald by the king to keep peace -
the boston massacre
the colonists were tired of the opresion of the british solders so they rieted and in the end 5 colonists were shot and killed -
tea act
a tax on all tea. colonists were forced to buy british tea and not able to sell or buy tea from ealse wear. -
the bostan tea party
the colonists were tired of the taxis and the abuse of the british this was the first big act of rivalry against briton -
quartering act
tAmerican colonies have to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. during times of peace. -
intolerable acts
punishment for the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. -
battle of lexington and concord
the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of independence
On July 4, 1776, Congress approved the final text of the Declaration. -
battle of yorktown
German Battle, ending on at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and the french -
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articles of confederation: first constitution
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States. -
treaty of paris
signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War. -
the new constitution
The old Congress set the rules the new government followed in terms of writing and ratifying the new constitution. -
bill of rights
the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
