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French and Indian War Ends
The date the French and Indian war ends, after a long war. -
Navigation Acts
Restricted colonists trading, they couldn’t import anything anymore. -
Stamp Act
A huge act that forces taxes on any printed document, colonists did not like this one bit. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers opened fire on a protest of colonists throwing snowballs. -
Tea Act
Granted the right for companies to import directly into the colonies instead of middlemen, this forced the middlemen to abandon their jobs. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest by the Colonists as they wanted their rights back to import tea through middlemen -
Coercive Acts
Intolerable acts as it was called by the colonists, it had a bunch of laws forced that were insanely tyrant against the colonists. -
First Continental Congress
The first official Congress meetup of all the important colonists. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
First military fight against the colonists and British, marked the beginning of the revolutionary war. -
Second Continental Congress
The second of the meeting to discuss and plan the future of breaking away with Britain -
Declaration of Independence
The official document that stated that the colonies wanted to break away from Britain and start a new country -
Battle of Saratoga
Turning point of the war, the British got beat in an important war. -
Winter at Valley Forge
The long treacherous winter the soldiers had to survive through, many died, but it was decided that they should train -
Battle of Yorktown
A huge success in Virginia when the colonists forced the British in a corner and forced them to surrender. -
U.S Constitution Written
The written document that says the do’s and don'ts of the government. -
U.S Constitution Adopted
This was the date when New Hampshire was the last of the colonies to ratify the constitution, making it fully adopted.