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Navigation Acts
Parliament passed the navigation acts to regulate the colonial manufacturing and trade. -
French and Indian War ends
Britain gained all of French Canada, and many rich islands in the Caribbean. -
Stamp Act
Taxed Newspapers and pamphlets. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers opened fire on protesters. They also threw snowballs and rocks at them causing 5 protesters to die -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists threw a cargo of freshly delivered British tea into the harbor as a protest against the tax on tea. -
Tea Act
The act gave a the East India Tea company the permission to ship straight to the colonies. -
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
Parliament created unfair and harsh laws to punish Massachusetts colonists for protesting against the Tea taxes. -
First Continental Congress
Representatives from all 12 colonies came together at the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia to figure out how to respond to the British’s harsh moves to Massachusetts. -
Lexington and Concord
The Massachusetts colonists went against the British troops causing the opening shots of the American revolution. After the Second Continental Congress met and set up a Continental Army with George Washington in command. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
Congress took a huge step, and voted to declare independence from Britain. -
Winter at Valley Forge
Brutal winter that caused soldiers to suffer from cold,hunger, and disease. -
Battle of Saratoga
This battle consisted of the British vs the Americans. The Americans won the battle causing France, the Netherlands, and Spain to join in alliance with America. -
Battle of Yorktown
With the help of a French fleet, George Washington finally forced the surrender of a British army in Yorktown, Virginia. -
Second Continental Congress
The representatives went over basic government stuff this time. -
U.S. Constitution Written
The nation’s leaders gathered and wrote the Constitution of the United States. It had a strong frame work and remained in place for more than 200 years. -
U.S. Constitution adopted
When the constitution was put into use after New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it.
