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French & Indian War
The French and Indian war was all over the issue of whether the upper Ohio river vally was apart of the British Empire or not -
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French & Indian War
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Stamp Act of 1765
The stamp Act had sought to raise money for the British army through a tax on all legal and offical papers Circulating in the colonies. -
sons of liberty
it was a loosely organized, underhanded, sometimes violent political organization.
the goal was; to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. -
Townshend Act of 1767
Parliament passed the Townshend Acts which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
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Boston Massacre
a conflict between colonist rioters and British soldiers that ended with five colonists' deaths. -
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Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
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Boston Tea Party
The boston tea part happened due to the tax on the tea was high, and the toss chest of tea into the boston harbor. -
Boston Tea Party
this event was an American political and trade protest.
the goal of this event was; To protest British Parliament's tax on tea. "No taxation without representation." -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
it was a series of 4 laws by the British to Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea party. -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
British troops had marched into Lexington around 5:00 A.M. But they found themselves faced by a battalion company of more than 70 men. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
the American Army lost to the British Army, and British captured Charlestown, Peninsula. -
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense published
Thomas Paine's Common Sense is a 47 paged brochure. and Advocates independents from great britain. -
Battle of Camden
the british won and had temporary control of the southren colonies. and it ruined the career of gates -
Battle of Yorktown
Yorktown was George Washington's decisive victory over General Lord Charles Cornwallis...
it lasted 3 weeks. -
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Battle of yorktown
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Treaty of Paris
Drafted on; November 30, 1782
Effective on; May 12, 1784
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Constitutional Convention
It was a convention of delegates from all over the states. not including Rhode Island, which had met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, earlier that year. -
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Constitutional Convention
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Bill of Rights adopted
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Bill of Rights adopted
President Washington issued copies of 12 amendments adopted by Congress to the states.
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Treaty of Paris
it guarantied the independence of cuba, but the treaty also forced Spain to cede Guam and pUerto Rico to the United states.