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Began in 1754 and ended with the treaty of paris in 1763, Great britian gained enourmous territorial gains in North America war's expenses led to colonial discontent. and ultimately to the American Revolution, they wanted trade and settlement
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The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian war 7 years between Great Brtian and France, France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there
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The sons of Liberty were a grassroots group of instigators and provocateur's in colonial who used an extreme form of civil disobedience- threats, and in some cases actual violence. -
The act required the colonists to pay tax represented by a stamp,to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies durring the seven years of war
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The Townshend Acts were a series of measures,
The taxed goods were imported toEarly attempts, such as the Stamp Act of 1765—which taxed colonists for every piece of paper they used the American colonies. -
Brittish soldiers shot at American colinists killing 5 men, Helped spark the colonists desire for American independence while the dead riotors became martyrs for liberty
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American colonist dumped 342 chests of tea that was imported by British. This happened at Griffins wharf Boston. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord signaled the start of the American Revolutionary War. The British Army set out from Boston to capture rebel leaders. -
The Articles created a loose confederation of Sovereign States and a week central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments. -
The Declaration of independence was adopted by the Continental Congress, 13 American colonies served their political connections to Great Britain. -
Siege of Yorktown, American campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia and forced its surrender, This siege virtually ended military operations in the American Revolution.
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It was a compromise offered by Connecticut delegates Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth during the draft of the constitution of the United States of the 1787 convention to solve the dispute between small and large states over representation
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Agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention that 3/5 of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the house of representatives
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The bill of rights happened on December 15th 1791, The United States of America ratified the Bill of Rights, ( The first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, Virginia became the 10th out of 14 states to approve 10 out of the 12 amendments
