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French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was an intense battle of territory involving the British and Indians The British ultimately won. -
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British Acts or the Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable acts started in an attempt from the British to recover from the Seven Year War. The British raised taxes on Sugar Money and worse of all Tea. This ultimately led the colonists to rebellion. -
Stamp Acts
The Stamp acts were widely controversial. The Stamp act was an extremely aggressive tax that put a ton of people into riot -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty is a group that started in rebellion against the British government to fight against their unfair taxes and laws. -
Boston Massacre
The massacre happened during a riot of rebellion the British shot at the colonists -
Boston Tea Party
American Colonists in rebellion dress up as native Americans, and dump Tea shipments off of the British ship into the Boston harbor. This was organized by the group that goes by the name of Sons of Liberty. This attack was a deliberate response to the recent Stamp act. -
The First Continental Congress
The reps from the American colonies meet for the first time and discuss their quarrels with the British government -
Battle of Bunkerhill
5000 or more soldiers fought in the Battle of Bunkerhill where the British held there own and ultimately defended their territory against the Americans. Although the British won tactically the Americans only lost 450 soldiers that day compared to the 1054 British forces lost. -
Declaration of Independence
Congress appointed a committee to create a declaration to officially separate Britain and America -
Articles of Confederation
Served to protect domestic freedoms and regulate various diplomatic efforts -
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Battle of Yorktown
Although the British previously outnumbered the Americans thanks to the French intervention, the Americans and French went into battle with 20,000 soldiers. These soldiers launched endless ambushes on the British they suffered to many casualties and ended up surrendering on October 19, 1781 effectively ending the Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris
Official Document signed from the British saying that they surrender -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise is an agreement reached during the constitutional convention of 1787 between states with small and large population the population determines the amount of state representatives each state would have -
Constitution
The Constitution replaces the Articles of Confederation after the war ends -
The Bill of Rights
Comprises of the First 10 amendments in the U.S constitution.