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A group of colonial Patriots, disguised as Mohawk Indians, boarded the three ships and threw 342 chests of tea overboard.This was consequence of the Britsh adding taxes on to the tea that was shipped to the colonies.
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This Act closed the harbor until the lost tea was paid for.
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It required British subjects to allow British soldiers into their homes.
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It was held in Philadelphia to determine how the colonies should react to what, from their viewpoint, seemed to pose an alarming threat to their rights and liberties.
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This was the first military battle of the American Revolutionary War.
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The Continental Congree appointed George Washington as Camander-In-Chief of the Continental Army.
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Breed's Hill was the location where the British attacked the Americans and at the end it divided the male population into Patriots and Loyalist camps.
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Thomas encouraged citizens to gain independence from Great Britain.
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This treaty ended the American Revolutionary War between the British and the Americans and gained American independence.
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The U.S. Constitution listed the first ten amendments and establishes the rules and seperate powers of the three branches of the federal government.
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First preisent ot the United States who served two terms and was Commander-In-Chief in the Cmontinental Army.
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The Northwest Ordinance had an importance larger that establishing a formal procedure for transforming territories into states. It presented a sharp break with the assumption behind European expansion into the western hemisphere.
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Contained the first ten amendments to the Constitution. It was created to serve and protect the nalural rights of liberty and property of citizens.
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Spain allowed the use of the Mississippi River and New Orleans for United States trading.
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John Jay was sent to Britain to solve issues with British seizing American ships and presence in U.S. western frontier.
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The second president of the United States. He help draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
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Jefferson was a founding father and the third president of the United States.
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It was a conflict between Americans and the British where as the Leopards (British) attacked the Chesapeake (Americans).
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The Embargo Act turned out to be impractical and failed. It stopped all exports of American goods and prohibited American ships from leaving for foreign ports.
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"Father of the Constitution"
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The Convention proposed seven constitutional amendments designed to limit Republican influence.
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The Treaty of Ghent was signed before battles were even fought in the War of 1812. It was essentially a peace treaty stating that things will go back to the way they were before the war even began.
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This was the final battle of the War of 1812. It was a battle to essentually protect the land the Americans had acquired from the Louisiana Purchase.
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Fifth president of the United States and was the last founding father.
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The Louisiana Purchase marked the beginning of a period of rapid expansion in U.S. history. The big issue was that Constitution did not contain any provisions regarding the purchase of territory.
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It prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36 degrees 30'north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.