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The French and Indian War began in 1755, also known as The Seven Years' War. It was a global war and was fought in North America, Europe, India, Africa, and the Philippines.
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The Proclamation of 1763 was a line the British drew down the Appalachian Mountains, prohibitting the settlers to move west.
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This act required the colonist to care for the British soldiers inside of their home.
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This act required the colonists to pay taxes on all printed materials.
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The Stamp Act Congress met and created the Declaration of Rights and Grievances of the Colonists. They stressed no taxation without representation.
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British soliders opened fire on a mob of colonists, killing 5 men.
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British imposed high taxes on tea.
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"A band of Bostonians dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded British ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor, an outraged Parliament passed a series of measures (known as the Intolerable, or Coercive Acts) designed to reassert imperial authority in Massachusetts." (History.com Staff)
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Laws passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
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The First Continental Congress "denounced taxation without representation, as well as the maintenance of the British army in the colonies without their consent, and issued a declaration of the rights due every citizen, including life, liberty, property, assembly, and trial by jury." (History.com Staff)
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The British outnumbered the colonists in Lexington, but the colonists were ready for them at Concord and won.
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Formed the continental army and George Washington was elected as commander in chief.
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The British seized New York.
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Washington ambushed the Britsh, outnumbering them. The colonists now have control of New Jersey.
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The turning point of the war.
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The colonists won a series of battles in the south (The Battle of Cowpens.)
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The Britsh surrender
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The first form of government for the United States, but it was more like a league of friendship. It could not tax and had to rely on the states to cooperate.
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The Constitution was written
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The Constitution adopted the ten amendments and it was then ratified.
