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End of French and Indian War
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. The
French received all land from the Mississippi River west, while the British received all
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Sugar Act
Parliament lowered the tax on sugar, in hopes colonists would stop smuggling -
Stamp act
Payment of a tax to Britain on a great variety of papers and documents, including newspapers -
Townshend Act
Taxed imported goods before entering the colonists. -
Trouble in Massachusetts
The parliament sent an army to occupy colonial cities. -
The Tea Act
The S.O.L threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
The Intolerable Acts
Laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. -
A meeting in Philadelphia
Fifty-five people came to Philadelphia for the meeting. -
Jefferson Writes the DOI
Jefferson wrote a statement of the colonists' right to rebel against the British government. -
Battles of Trent and New Jersey Battles of Trent and New Jersey
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 -
American and British Battle of Saratoga
The British goal in the Battle of Saratoga was to control Upstate New York in order to isolate New England from the Southern colonies. -
Howe captures Philadelphia
The Philadelphia campaign was a British initiative in the American Revolutionary War to gain control of Philadelphia. -
Manumission
The release of slavery. -
Articles of Confederation
The articles of Confederation is a weak government. They can only issue currency etc. They can not change taxes. -
Congress prohibits enslaved people imported to the US
United States federal law that provided that no slaves could be imported to the United States. -
Winter at Valley Forge
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. -
Spain Declares war on Great Britain
Spain declares war against Great Britain. On this day in 1779, Spain declares war on Great Britain -
John Paul Jones & Serapis
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. -
British forces capture Charles Town
The conflict was that the British gained control of South and the Americans lost many soldiers due to the surrender. -
British Surrender at Yorktown
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. -
Plans for the first Fed. Tax
The plan for the first fed. tax was 5 percent -
Treaty of Paris
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 -
Spain closed lower Mississippi River to American Western Settlers
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. -
The Ordinance of 1785
The Ordinance of 1785 are the rules. They made a law to protect the intrests of hardworking settlers. -
Delaware fist state to approve Constitution
The first state to ratify was Deleware -
The Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance had a bill of rights. You had freedom of religion, and no slavery. -
Shays rebellion
Daniel Shay was a man who led a rebellion that was against putting dept-ridden citizens in prision. -
Convention
A meeting that was put together. -
Singing of the Constition
39 delegates can to endorse the constition exept Rhode Island. -
New Hampshire ratifies Constitution
New Hampshire ratifies Constitution -
Land Act of 1800
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.
