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The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. The
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Parliament lowered the tax on sugar, in hopes colonists would stop smuggling
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Payment of a tax to Britain on a great variety of papers and documents, including newspapers
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Taxed imported goods before entering the colonists.
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The parliament sent an army to occupy colonial cities.
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The S.O.L threw 342 chests of tea overboard.
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Laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.
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Fifty-five people came to Philadelphia for the meeting.
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Jefferson wrote a statement of the colonists' right to rebel against the British government.
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The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey
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The British goal in the Battle of Saratoga was to control Upstate New York in order to isolate New England from the Southern colonies.
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The Philadelphia campaign was a British initiative in the American Revolutionary War to gain control of Philadelphia.
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The release of slavery.
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The articles of Confederation is a weak government. They can only issue currency etc. They can not change taxes.
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United States federal law that provided that no slaves could be imported to the United States.
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The winter at valley forge was a very hard time. The particularly severe winter of 1777-1778 proved to be a great trial for the American army, and of the 11,000 soldiers stationed at Valley Forge, hundreds died from disease.
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Spain declares war against Great Britain. On this day in 1779, Spain declares war on Great Britain
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The battle took place on September 23, 1779 in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, England, and lasted over 3 hours. serapis was more equipped and faster.
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The conflict was that the British gained control of South and the Americans lost many soldiers due to the surrender.
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British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War.
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The plan for the first fed. tax was 5 percent
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The 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
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Spain closed the lower Mississippi River to America Western Settlers so they couldn't trade. Then they opened it and the Western didn't like that because of some rule for trading and the Mississippi River. So then America then noticed that the need a stronger government.
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The Ordinance of 1785 are the rules. They made a law to protect the intrests of hardworking settlers.
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The first state to ratify was Deleware
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The Northwest Ordinance had a bill of rights. You had freedom of religion, and no slavery.
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Daniel Shay was a man who led a rebellion that was against putting dept-ridden citizens in prision.
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A meeting that was put together.
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39 delegates can to endorse the constition exept Rhode Island.
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New Hampshire ratifies Constitution
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The Land Act of 1800 was when you could pay for 340 acres for $2 an acre then pay the rest in a four year period.
