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Left Spain in search of a different route to Asia.
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Made landfall on an island in the Carribean. He thought he had landed in Asia and her called the natives Indians. He set up a trading post called Navidad.
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The first permanent English settlement in the new world.
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It was created and signed as a written pledge to have a majority rule government at Plymouth Bay.
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Taxed Sugar and Molasses.
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This called for everyhting sold in the colonies to have a British stamp on it. The stamps cost money that the colonists didn't want to give up.
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This reqired colonists to house soldiers.
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This stated that Parliaments authority over America was the same as its authority over Britain.
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Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea
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Five colonial deaths at the hands of British soldiers. Even though it was provoked this angered the colonists.
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Colonial troops set a British ship, the Gaspee, ablaze.
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Tax on tea.
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A group of colonists, to protest the tax on tea, boarded a ship and dumped the tea into the boston port. They were dressed as indians.
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This closed the Boston Port in response to the Boston Tea Party.
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12 of the 13 colonies were present. Wrote the Declaration of Rights and Grievances.
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This was the unofficial beginning of the Revolutionary war.
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The Continental army was established by the Continental Congress.
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Approved by congress.
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Written in the constitutional convention. Mostly written by Thomas Jefferson. Declared freedom from Britain. It was signed on this day.
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The 13th and final colony, Maryland, ratifies the Articles of Confederation.
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It is signed by Britain and the US officially ending the Revolutionary war.
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Delegates meet to "revise" the Articles of Confederation.
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This cut off trade with England and France
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US puts an embargo on Britain
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The War of 1812 begins
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Andrew Jackson defeats the Creek Indians.
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Federalists discuss secession.
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This ends the War of 1812.
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Andrew Jackson wins a major victory for the US.