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Navigations Acts
-The purpose of the Navigations Acts was to regulate trade of the empire. The Navigation Acts required all trades between England and the colonies to be carried in English or colonial ships. -
French and Indian war ended
-The French and Indian war ending with the Treaty of Paris the war gave Great Britain huge territorial gains in North America. -
Stamp Act
-The Stamp Act was passed by British Parliament to help replenish their finances after the Seven Years war. The act imposed a direct tax on the colonists. -
Boston Massacre
-The Boston Massacre was a man vs. man fight that turned into mass murder. The massacre raised awareness about colonist and British spiller relations. -
Tea Act
-The Tea Act’s main purpose was to bail out the floundering East Indian Company. The Act granted the British East Indian company tea a monopoly on tea sales. -
Boston Tea Party
- The Boston Tea Party added causes for war. Americans threw loads of tea off British ships.
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Coercive/Intolerable Acts
-It’s a set of laws punishing colonists fie rebelling during the Boston Tea Party. It causes the colonist to act out; making the king mad. -
First Continental Congress
-13 colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia to organize colonial resistance to Parliament’s Coercive Acts because of the Boston Tea Party. -
Lexington and Concord
- First sun for American troops forcing out the British. It was the first fight of the Revolutionary War.
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Second Continental Congress
- It took the step of declaring America’s independence from Britain. It was convened after the American Revolutionary War has already begun.
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Declaration of Independence Adopted
- It’s a series of essays formally saying Americans want to be separated from Britain. It allowed colonists to separate from Britain’s politically.
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Battle of Saratoga
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Battle of Saratoga
- It gave a big win to America a in the American Revolutionary War. After receiving news that the British troops were moving the Americans attacked rage British mulling British General Simon Taser.
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Battle at Valley Forge
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Winter at Valley Forge
- The Continental Army fell under George Washington’s leadership as a cohesive and disciplined fighting force. Hundreds of soldiers died from disease but it was a great trial for the American army.
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Battle of Yorktown
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Battle of Yorktown
- Virginia marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American revolution and the start of a new nations independence. Washington was elected the first president of the United States.
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U.S Constitution written
- American leaders get together and finalize and sign the constitution. Sets laws and regulations to keep balance of power.
