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French and indian war
[French and indian war (more details)](http//www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.htm) The french and indian war was a war about the french and African Americans fighting against the Indians to see who would get what land.The plan was that Britan would send over 1800 troops to the Americas to try and get the french and the natives out of the Americas. George washington,(our first president) volenteered with the britans to try and get them out and they did in the Ohio Vally. -
proclamation of 1763
the proclamation of 1776 ( more details) The proclamation was a bout king George the third wanted the colonist to stay on the eastern side of the Appilation mountains. this was so that the colinests didn't have to get in any more wars with other contries to get more land when they had just finished the French and Indian war -
proclamation of 1763
the proclamation ( more details) The proclamation of 1763 was about haow the colonist couldn't cross over the Appilation Mountains, they hade to stay on the east coast because they had just gone through a war and king George the third didn't want another war. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act ( more details) THe stamp act was one of the first taxes that the British took to far. The stamp act was about these taxes on all paper goods. when the Patiots finally had enough they started a riot and repealed to pay the taxes. -
the Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre (more details)The Boston Massacre was abouthe soldiors and the colonists starting a fight. There are two sides to this story because the colonists have there oppinion and how it started, they say it started by a soldior thretining the colonist but the british soldiors were told to to fire at them, -
The Boston Tea Party
the colonists have had enough with the british and all their taxesso when the ships arrived that day full of tea the PATRIOTS dressed up as indians and started to dump that tea. -
The Intolerable Acts
The british thoght that the colonists had gone to far, they dumped their tea that they were getting cheaply and so now the british weren't focaused not on the taxes but on keeping the colonist under control. The british wanted to punish them and teach them what is right. like when a 5 year old does something wrong and you punish them but in this case the colonists are the 5 year old and the british are the parents. -
the first continental congress
the first continental condress (more details)the first continental congress meeting was about how are we going to get rid of the British. and a lot of colonists still liked Britan so they took a 2/3s vote and the decision was to go to war with Britan -
Revolutionary war
revolutionary war ( more details) Revolutionary War in the United States, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies, but gradually grew into a world war between Britain on one side and the newly formed United States, France, Netherlands, Spain, and Mysore on the other. American independence was achieved and European powers recognized the independence of the United States, with mixed results for the other nations involved -
the second continental congress
the second continental congress meeting ( more details) the continental congress meeting was about who was going to lead our contry and how are we going to establist a CONTINENTAL ARMY. GEORGE WASHINGTON won the president elections. -
the declaration of independance
the declaration of independence (more details) (copy rights to history.com) In mid-June 1776, a five-man committee including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin was tasked with drafting a formal statement of the colonies' intentions. The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence--written largely by Jefferson--in Philadelphia on July 4, a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence. -
Articals of confederation
Articals of Confederation ( more details)The Articles of Confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain -
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Northwest Ordainence
Northwest Ordanince (more details) an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States, passed July 13, 1787. The primary effect of the ordinance was the creation of the Northwest Territory, the first organized territory of the United States, from lands south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River
