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French and Indian war
1754-1763 treaty of Paris -
king George the 3rd
He kept colonists east of application mountains and kept control of colonists and fur trade while controlling westward expansion. -
Sugar act
lowered taxes on British products -
Tension in streets
Fight broke out between Boston people and red coats 5 redcoats were killed -
The Boston tea party
Ships loaded with tea arrived the sons of liberty boarded the ships and poured 342 chests of tea overboard. -
A meeting in Philadelphia
Fifty five delegates gathered in Philadelphia to set a body called continental congress. -
Fighting begins
A British officer noted that the people are evidently making every preparation for residence. -
Britain sends troops
Several thousands troops were send to Boston -
turning civilians into soldiers
Washington turns civilians into soldiers. -
British are coming
Joseph Warren saw them coming so he spread the word Paul Revere spread the news to Samuel Adams and he took it to concord. -
Ready to fight
Washington believed his army was ready to fight so he set up his army while the redcoats were asleep. -
Declaring Independence
The second Continental congress was filed with a debate -
New Hampshire ratifies a Constitution
New Hampshire voted in exeter to have there own government with their own government comes there a Constitution -
Manumission
When a slave owner can give legal freedom to their slaves. -
Jefferson write the DOI
He took part in writing it. -
Battles of Trent and new jersey
A small but important battle that the US won. -
The State Constitution
Each state slowly made a Constitution that was how the preamble came to be. -
articles of confederation
The original Constitution that was soon replaced. -
Howe captures Philadelphia
Howe sends 15,000 troops to battle in Philadelphia British lost. -
American and British Battle of Saratoga
Americans won the climax of Saratoga. -
Winter a valley forge
Washingtonians army deprived of materials left to freeze and starve at the winter that was coming. -
Congress prohibits enslaved people imported to the US
A federal law said no new slaves were to be imported into the states. -
john paul jones and serapis
John sailed around British isles. Bonhomme engaged the serapis and Scarborough which escorted the Baltic merchant fleet. -
Spain declares war against Great Britain
Spain declares war on Britain creating a alliance with Americans but Spains king declined the alliance. -
British surrender at Yorktown
Americans won the battle with french peoples help. -
Plans for the first fed tax
The government loosely put tax on the states while the states refused to pay it. -
Treaty of Paris
Purpose of it was to keep boundaries between the British empire and the US. -
Spain closed the lower Mississippi river to american western settlers
The river was a Western boundary of the united states it garenteeded Americans to free navigation -
The land ordinance of 1785
The government will sell each section of the town 2 dollors per 320 acres. -
Shays rebellion
The government tried to impose tax on both sides when the uprising of Massachusetts was happening the war took place in Springfield. -
Convetion
It was a debate on how America should be governed. -
Signing of the Constitution
39 delegates representing 12 states created the Constitution during a 4 month long convention. -
Delaware first state to approve Constitution
30-0 by a unanimous vote Delaware ratified the Constitution. -
The northwest ordinance
A charted government provided a meathead for admitting new states to the union or territory. -
New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution
When they accepted the Constitution It ended the articles of confederation. -
The land act of 1800
Harrison land act people had the opportunity to buy land in the northwest from the federal government. -
Jefferson agreed to writing it
Jefferson agreed to writing the declaration of independence.
