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The First Great Awakening was a time of religious and moral revival and reform in American history. Enthusiasm for religion skyrocketed, and many wanted to better their morals. Religious piety was important in many hearts during this time.
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Conflict between the French and British over control of North American land. It erupted on both sides of the Atlantic, both in North America and Europe. It ended with a British victory and therefore increased British control in the New World.
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Proclamation issued which followed the Treaty of Paris at the end of the Seven Years' War. It gave the land west of the Appalachians to the Natives in order to appease them.
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British Parliament passed Act which taxed things such as molasses, sugar, and coffee in an attempt to stop smuggling.
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Regulated the amount of paper money printed and used in the colonies.
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Direct tax on all printed goods in the colony greatly resented by the colonists.
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The Boston Massacre began as a mob harassing British soldiers because of unrest due to the acts passed. It escalated into the British massacring a number of colonists.
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Political protest over the Tea Act, which taxed tea without American representation in Parliament, caused a group of colonists to dump 342 chests of tea into harbor in retaliation.
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A group of four acts passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea party which took away self-governance of the Massachusetts colony as punishment for their revolt.
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War between the American colonists and Great Britain over the colonists' freedom.
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The American Revolutionary war begins at a squabble over weapons in Lexington and Concord with the "shot heard round the world".
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The Declaration of Independence is issued by the Second Continental Congress, declaring the colonists as free from Britain.
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Turning point in the American Revolutionary War, where colonists win a decisive victory over the British and convinces the French to help them fight, eventually winning America the war.
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Last battle in the American Revolutionary War. Colonists won a decisive victory and secured their freedom.
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Revolutionary veteran Daniel Shays leads rebellion against Massachusetts state government for what he claimed was unfair economic policies and tax collection.
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The American Constitution goes into effect over the 13 colonies as all ratified it.
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George Washington was elected the first President of the United States in 1789
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Rebellion by American farmers over taxes on whiskey.
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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, helping cotton become a major crop in America,
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Treaty between the United States and Britain in an attempt to improve relations.
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John Adams elected Second President of the United States
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Alien Act passed which allowed for the arrest and deportation of illegal "Aliens". The Sedition Act allowed the government to punish anyone who wrote anything bad or false against them.