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French and Indian war
This war began in 1754 and ended 6 years later in 1763. In this war the north Americans colonies of the British empire went against the French. Britain won the French. -
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Stamp Act of 1765
On march 22, the British made the colonists pay taxes. Many American's did not like that idea of taxes so they refused to pay Stamp Act tax. -
Boston Massacre
They started off with throwing snow at each other and then they started shooting at each other. The British killed 5 American's and wounded 6 American's. -
Boston Tea Party
On the night of December 16, 1773, a group of 30 to 130 men went to go dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. It took about three hours for them to finish all that up. -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
American victory British forces succeed in destroying supplies and cannon. For the Americans about 49 were killed and 39 were wounded and five went missing. -
Second Continental Congress meets
It was the second congress meeting. They were voting on declaring independence from great Britain. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The battle of the Bunker hill we fought against British Army. In this battle we lost to the British army. -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
The Branch Petiton was a Petiton sent by the citizens of British colonies in American to the British governments. By congress on July 5 1775, to be sent to the king as a last attempt to prevent formal war. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
The 13 American colonies declared there independence from great Britain. With the declaration the Americans colonists were able to make there own governments system. -
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Battle of Trenton
This battle happen when the British forces captured new city and George Washington's and his army and retreated to Pennsylvania. It was the first battle the colonials won in a long time. -
Battle of Camden
This was the worst patriot defeat of the American revolution. More then 900 Americans died and another 1000 were captured. -
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Battle of Yorktown
The battle of Yorktown led peace negotiation that ended the war in 1783 and gave America its independence. In the battle of Yorktown about 230-397 soldiers were killed over the course of the battle of Yorktown -
Treaty of Paris
The American colonies and great Britain ending the war of the American revolution and formally recognized the united states as an independent nation. This all happen in Paris, Kingdom of France. -
3/5 Compromise
The 3/5 compromise was a bad thing for slave. the white people had them pay taxation and representation. -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise put the United states a legislature as a bicameral or two house law. This is where the senate allowed two representatives. -
Constitution is ratified
The conditions is every Americans fundamental right and protection of life, liberty, and property. Nine out of the 13 states would have to ratify. -
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Bill of Rights adopted
The Bill of Rights has 12 amendments. The amendments were made for us to prevent abuses of power and many other reasons but that was one of the main ones.