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This settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America and paved the way for future colonization.
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House of Burgesses was the first representative assembly in the colonies that helped to bring order to the colonies and started the colonial trend of self government
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The Mayflower Compact was the first formal framework of government established in what is now the United States.
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The first of many democratic showcases allowed New Englanders to elect officials, appiont schoolmasters, etc. Thoomas Jefferson said the town meeting was "the best school for political liberty the world ever saw".
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This lasts up until 1760 and The problem with this salutary neglect was that was when the British later tried to be more strict, the colonists didn't like the change in rules, and felt that their rights were being violated. That led to the American Revolution.
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The Albany Congress was the first time in the 18th century that colonial representatives met to discuss some manner of formal union.
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After this grueling war that left Britain in monstrous debt, the colonies were hastily gripped again by the Crown, thus ending the period of salutary neglect.
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This direct tax set the colonists on the mindset that the British was trying to control the press, and thus violating one of the colonists' rights. The enforcement of the Stamp Act fed the fire of the unhappy colonists who would retaliate.
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Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the anger of the colonists to see the oppresion of the british
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These acts (intended to punish the colonists after the Boston Tea party) targeted Massachusetts but were resented by all colonies because the same scenario could happen to them.
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This battle was the first of many encounters of the American Revolution.
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All states represented, this congress produces an "Olive Branch Petition" which is sent to the King stating their grievances and a last chance at reconciliation.
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Colonist possession of the fort blocked easy transportation for British troops and supplies southwards from Canada to where they had main forces positioned in the northern colonies. Also, many of it's firepower was transported, then used in the Seige of Boston
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The Americas removed themselves from British rule
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With the continental army in ful retreat, Washington surprises the Hessian-occupied Trenton and takes the city in a small skirmish, giving the colonial soldiers much needed morale
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This battle prevented the British from cutting off the northern colonies and gave the French proof that american militiamen can defeat British regulars
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Without this document, the Americas might have never made the jump from the 1774 Assembly to the Constitution
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This alliance provided the colonial army with much needed naval power, manpower, and firepower to win the war against the British
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Cornwallis is surrounded in Yorktown, Va, and seeks terms of surrender. This sped up the peace talks in London and the British finally agreed to terms on November 30, 1782.
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This treaty formaly ended the war and double the size of the new nation.
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The Constitution gained it's 9th ratification from New Hampshire. This was the minimum requirement for ratification and thus put pressure on the 4 remaining states to ratify it.