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Boston Massacre
When a group of colonists began harassing a group of British soldiers and the soldiers fired into the crowed killing 5 people
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Boston Tea Party
An event organized by the Sons of Liberty when they poured more then 1 million dollars worth of tea into the water. https://www.google.com/search?q=boston+tea+party&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiqmYHWi53eAhWj1FkKHYMPA9oQ_AUIDigB&biw=1368&bih=802#imgrc=jMsiTUbf3fc0rM: -
Intolerable Acts
Laws passed to punish the colonists of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. https://www.google.com/search?q=intolerable+acts&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9_d_ii53eAhWDzlkKHRVGDlUQ_AUIDigB&biw=1368&bih=802#imgrc=PlukOci-B2BUvM: -
First Continental Congress
Meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. https://www.google.com/search?q=first+continental+congress&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiU8MTyi53eAhVLrVkKHbhJCxoQ_AUIDigB&biw=1368&bih=802#imgrc=FzMEYeo6_tQGvM: -
Beginning of the American Revolution
The fight for independence begins -
Second Continental Congress
Meeting of all 13 delegates, managed the Colonial war and moved incrementally towards independence -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was finalized and signed -
American Revolution Ends
The war ends and the Americans win their independence -
Shays' Rebellion
The farmers up north were upset they were being taxed so soon after the war so they rebelled and the Founding Fathers were afraid it would start another war -
Constitutional Convention
A gathering for the purpose of writing a new Constitution -
The Constitution is Ratified
The Constitution is ratified by the states and is now the Constitution for the United States -
The Bill of Rights is Ratified
The rights of the people of the country are written out in the Constitution and ratified