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George Whitfield as a key figure of the movement. lead to a decline in Quakers, supplemented by a rise in Baptists. lead to slaves learning about Christianity.
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Mostly fought between the British and the French. British Colonial Forces lead by George Washington were in combat with the French
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Land falling west of the Appalachian Mountains was set aside as a reserve for Native Americans - for a short time at least.
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Colonists killed by British troops during protest. Five Bostonians were killed.
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Bostonians dressed as mohawkans and dumped the British tea in the water at the Boston harbor to protest British rule and taxes.
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Established the Port Bill, Massachusetts Regulating Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the New Quartering Act.
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Colonists killed by British troops. Marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
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Thomas Paine publishes his most famous work, Common Sense. Doing so meant that all people could have easier access to ideas of an idealistic American republic, absent of British rule.
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Led by General Horatio Gates. Inevitably ended in British surrender. Victory led to French support of American Independence as well as them recognizing America as being independent.
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Marked the end of the revolutionary War
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This made the constitution an official aspect and piece of t he US Government..