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The French Indian War, was a fight between Britain and France. In 1754 Britain and France were fighting over land and power. In 1763 Britain won the war and gained a lot of control over their land.
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The Stamp Act of 1765 was a British law that made all of the American colonists pay a tax on paper items and it upset the American colonists because they had no say in the tax.
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The Townshend Act of 1767 were a set of laws passed by the British that put taxes on goods like glass, paper, paint, and tea. These acts led to boycotts and protests.
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The Boston Massacre was a fight when a bunch of British soldiers shot into a crowd of colonists killing 5 people and that made people angry at them and raised tensions before the revolution. -
The Battles of Lexington Concord was the first major military actions between the British army and the Patriot militias. This battle was lead to the American Revolutionary War, and took place in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. -
The Boston Tea Party was a protest on December 16th 1773 when Americans raided the Britain's ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor after the British put a taxing on tea. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill was, a battle between The American colonists and British army during the American revolution. The battle was on a hill, the British ended up winning the hill but they lost a lot of soldiers in the fight. -
The Declaration of Independence adopted was, a document in 1776 that said the American colonies were breaking away from Britain. It said that all people rights and that the governments need to protect those rights and by adopting it the colonies were free.
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The Battle of Trenton was a fight in 1776, when George Washington and his soldiers went across the frozen river in Delaware and surprise attacked the hessian soldiers. George Washington and his soldiers ended up winning his battle. -
The Battle of Camden was, a battle between the British Army and the American Continental Army. It was a significant but devastating defeat for the American Continental Army. 900 Americans were either killed or wounded and 1000 were captured. -
The Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolution. All of the American and French forces trapped the British army making them give up and putting an end to the war.
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The Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3rd 1783, and that officially ended the American revolution. Britain accepted Americas independence and set the country's borders and made the united states a free nation. -
The Great Compromise was a deal made in 1787, when big states wanted more congress because they had more people than the smaller states with less people and same amount of congress.
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The Constitutional Convention was a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 when representatives from the states came together to create a new plan of government and ended up writing the U.S. Constitution.
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The Bill of Rights adopted was, the first 10 changes/amendments to the U.S. constitution that grants rights and freedom to all Americans with rights such as the freedom to speak and then was adopted in 1971 to make sure the government can't change these.