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England and the colonies won against French and the Native Americans. This resulted in Britain thinking that the. Colonists should pay what was lost in the war. -
These acts weren’t enforced, but Parliament controlled colonial trade and manufacturing. -
The Stamp Act taxed newspapers and pamphlets. Colonists were not happy with this since they had no representatives in Parliment. -
British soldiers shot at colonists that were throwing snow and rocks at them. 5 protesters were killed. -
Parliament taxed the Colonists on tea, resulting in The Boston Tea Party. -
Colonists threw a load of tea into the harbor as a response of protest from the tax on tea. -
Parliament was unhappy with the colonists because of the Boston Tea Party. In return, Parliament punished them with harsh laws. -
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, etc gather together to figure out how to deal with Britain. -
The group met up again after Lexington and Concord. They decided to make the continental army, with Washington leading. -
In Massachusetts, war broke out between the colonists and the British. This started the American Revolution. -
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and then had American leaders sign it. This guaranteed “our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor” to the United States. -
The first turning point in the war, when America defeated the British. This convinced the French to ally with America. -
Troops in the Continental Army were agonized by the harsh winter of 1777-1778. -
Washington forced the British to surrender at Yorktown, Virginia. Because of this the British army collapsed. -
The Constitution is written by James Madison. They used the same ideas as Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau to inspire them. -
It gives the citizens many rights and freedoms, but it also gives them more responsibility. The Constitution also produced a federal republic, so that no branch of government could become too powerful.