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Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a big thing not just for us but any other country that wanted to start, anew and to deviate from dictatorship or the crown, the DoI also was a sort of break up letter to the British. -
Battles of Trent and New Jersey
This was an ambush for the Brits as the colonial army snuck up on them on Christmas day when they thought they'd be away. -
Battle of Saratoga
Essentially a huge turning point for the American side of the war, as the American soldier's contracts were going to be over soon, so winning this battle made them realize they could defeat the British. -
Howe captures Philadelphia
This was apart of the campaign, as well the reason France stepped in, and why saratoga failed as hard as it did. -
Articles of Confederation
This was the original constitution of America, it was later replaced by the Constitution. -
Winter at Valley Forge
An extremely tough time for the continental army, from freezing cold, and lack of supplies, to disease and famine. thye eventually got french help. -
State Constitutions
This is around the time when each state wrote it's own constitution for rules and such. -
Manumission
The act of freeing slaves -
Congress prohibits enslaved people imported to the US.
Though no action was taken, this was the first time anyone had discussed anything about slavery being bad. -
John Paul Jones & Serapis
This guy was a legendary sea captain for the colonial army, famous for saying "I have not yet begun to fight", after the British in a way tried insulting him by asking if he was surrendering, he then won over their ships and stole the ships from them. -
Spain Declares war on Great Britain
Though they didn't want to support American as it was diplomatically bad, they did join France against the British and in turn helped America. -
British forces capture Charles Town
Since Charles Town was a port town and was for trade and business this decreased rebel supplies as well as -
British surrender at Yorktown
Simply put the Brits surrendered, or more specifically their general, which is an integral part of any army. -
Treaty of Paris
this was when Britain and America set boundaries. -
Plans for first Fed. Tax
this was a tax specifically on imported goods, which was shut down as the whole reason the war started was because of import goods tax which upset people enough to start a war. -
Spain closed lower Mississippi River to American Western Settlers
before the Mississippi River was used as a border and for travel, the Spaniards ended up closing it, and this upset western colonists and threatened war against Spain. -
The Ordinance of 1785
It was essentially were they could purchase farmland in the west, were a certain amount of acres was 1 dollar, this was later increased to two dollars. -
The North West Ordinance
this allowed new states to be formed into the U.S.A. -
Shay's Rebellion
This was a rebellion in western Massachusetts, that was against citizen poverty and the government trying to collect taxes. -
Convention
it was a gathering, where they elected the first presidant of America, Goerge Washington. -
Singing of the Constitution
This was one of the major points of American history, this is essentially our rules, this is the also the baseline for many other countries that ended up revolting. -
Delaware fist state to approve Constitution
Though it might not seem like a big deal this was huge as most this was a very hard thing to get collective agreement on. -
New Hampshire ratifies Constitution
This was when another state completely agreed to the constitution, this was the 9th state to ratify the constitution which meant that they had enough state votes for it to go into action. -
Land Act of 1800
This gave people to buy from the northern part of the west, but there was a set amount you had to pay for and reach in the end.
