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Navigation Acts
The Navigation Act was passed by British Parliament in 1651. This was also known as a trade law. The Navigation Act prevented colonists form sellling their most valuable goods any where else except Britian. -
French & Indian War
The French and Indian War lasted from 1754-1763.Britian won and seized nearly all French land in North America. Since Britian won they expected the colonists to help pay the costs of the war. -
Stamp Act
According to the Stamp Act colonists had to pay a tax to have an official stamp put on their wills, deeds, newspapers, and other printed materials. -
Boston Tea Party
Since there was a tax on tea men protested and dumped a large load of tea into Boston Harbor. This was known as the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a representative from every colony, except Georgia, who protested the treatment of Boston. -
Battle of Lexington
The battle was when British soldiers and American militiamen exchanged gunfire on the village green in Lexington, Massachusettes. -
Second Continental Congress & Declaration of Independence
The Second Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Second Continental Congress consisted of the thirteen original colonies. -
French join the Americans
The French helped the Americans seek independence from Britian. -
Articles of Confederation
The article was an agreement among the thirteen states that legally established the United States of America as a confederationof states and was its first constitution. -
Constiutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention was used to address problems in the United States, and to resolve them.
