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Americans threw tea into the ocean due to being tired of being taxed by the British. -
Starting the American Revolutionary War. The night before, the British Army marched from Boston to nearby Concord. Paul Revere and a few other guys rang alarms stating the attack. Many more battles happened thereafter. -
Congress signed the Declaration
Presented on July 4th and signed on August 2nd.
Signed at the Pennsylvania State House, Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
12,000 soldiers and 400 women and children marched into Valley Forge and made the 4th largest city 1,500 log huts and two miles of a defense wall. -
Maryland signed the ratification of the Articles of Confederation. All 13 states have now signed. -
The British General Charles Cornwallis and his army surrounded George Washingtons. The outcome in Yorktown, Virginia marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution. This happened on my birthday -
The day that the Constitution was signed. This made it be the official document of the United States's 13 Colonies. This guaranteed US Residents their rights. Starting with its 3 branches. Executive, legislative and judicial. Also insuring that no branch had too much power. -
Inauguration: The formal admission of someone to office. George Washington took the oath with his hand on the bible, kissing it after taking the oath. Livington's streets shouting "Long Live George Washington, President of the United States!" -
Washington's Farewell Address is a letter written by American President George Washington. The letter was published 10 weeks before the people cast their votes. -
He died from acute bacterial epiglottitis. Losing 40% of his blood. It is said that he was walking around two days ago in Vernon on a cold Miseralable Cold day. Last Words: “I am just going! Have me decently buried; and do not let my body be put into the vault less than three days after I am dead.” Then, “Do you understand me? . . . Tis well!” -
Vice President Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party defeated incumbent President John Adams of the Federalist Party.
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The Legal Case of which the U.S. Supreme Court stated their belief for its self and exclusive and administrative actions that seemed inconsistent with the Constitution. This established power of the Judicial Review.
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