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"The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. The
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enforcing trade laws to increase revenue and increase trade laws
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the colonist wanted them to stop the tax on sugar but the British only lowered it and colonists got mad.
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an act for the government to tax stamps
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parliament taxed imported goods
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it was a street fight that happened 3 were killed 2 were injured.
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disguised colonist snuck on a boat and threw a lot of tea into the ocean because of the tax on tea and imported goods
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colonist started to believe that they will always be apart of Britain until Thomas pain was inspired by a small part writer which was a big help in the declaration of independence
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the first military engagements of the American revolution where they fought in multiple areas
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benjamin franklin, john Handcock, etc started to sign the independence paper to make them independent
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Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration because he was drafted and was helped form a few different people about the 13 colonies' break with Britain. Also through time, it was changed by john Adams and benjamin franklin.
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the Americans won the war even tho it was a small battle it was very important in the revolutionary war with general Washingtons men all walking across an icy river that started on Christmas day and the walk was 10 days long.
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America won the battle of saratoga because general John Burgoyne surrendered and that made a turning point for the war.
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they made the articles of confederation to help the government and it failed later they noticed the government was too weak and they needed to do something different.
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after capturing new york and having a near-loss in another battle he started to show weakness so he needed to do something fast and he did with Philadelphia.
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this act prohibited people from being able to import slaves and new slaves had to be imported into the US.
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the manumission papers were rights for a black person to be released from slavery by a living or deceased slaveholder.
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the winter of valley forge was very hard for the Americans hundreds died from disease and they lived off a little bit of food and pride from general Washington and them wanting to live.
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these state constitutions were also known as the building blocks for
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the naval battle happened against the Americans lead by john paul jones and ended up winning defeating the Serapis
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Spain with the ally of France and the united states they when to war with Great Britain because of an argument with colonial supremacy.
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the British were already taking a few areas and planning to capture Charles town and they got it.
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the British surrendered in the battle of Yorktown because they were lacking all the resources and the army and men they had.
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the government decided they needed to make more money so they decided that they would take a percentage of a person's annual pay depending on how much they made.
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the treaty of Paris ended the seven-year war and gave Britain all its mainland North America.
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the Mississipi river was counted as a western area and people were allowed to travel freely but then Spain closed it down and westerners were even threatening to go to war with Spain.
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the land ordinance of 1785 was a thing where people could buy farmland in the west they did this to pay off debt for the government and if all the land was sold that would have at least $640.
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shays rebellion started in western Massachusets it was mostly farmers and they were armed with weapons the reason it really started was that the government started to tax people and also their trades.
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the convections was mostly about how they wanted America to be governed and about the government maybe being too weak.
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the signing of the constitution happened in Pennsylvania and it was with 39 delegates representing 12 states Rhode island was not represented.
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the first state to ratify the constitution was Delaware when they had a vote 30-0.
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this ordinance allowed the northwestern are to be allowed to make new states for its self and the bill of rights still worked in those territories
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New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify the constitution which made the constitution official.
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this act said that you were able to buy land from the northwest territory but had to buy at least 320 acres of land for 2 dollars per acre.
