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The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. The
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The sugar act was an act that taxed imports of sugar. This was made to try stop smuggling goods.
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This was a policy passed by the parliament that added a stamp to all documents and that stamped carried a tax
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The Boston massacre began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter.
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The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England, and to commission agents who would have the sole right to sell tea in the colonies.
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The Coercive Acts describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774, relating to Britain's colonies in North America.
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early in the Revolutionary War, the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts.
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The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War
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Jefferson made a draft before finishing it
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His surrender to American forces at the Battle of Saratoga marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War
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British General William Howe took Philadelphia and led the bombardment of Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer later that year to open a supply line
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The state constitutions legitimized the states as part of the country
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The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was the first written constitution of the United States.
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This law that provided that no new slaves were permitted to be imported into the United States.
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While the British occupied Philadelphia, Washington and his army hunkered down for a harsh winter at Valley Forge.
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He took down the mighty British Ship, the Serapis, which is an incredible task
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Spain declares war on Great Britain, creating a de facto alliance with the Americans.
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General Cornwallis surrendered his army of 8,000 troops at Yorktown
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This idea was proposed but later dismissed
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The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States, recognized American independence
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Spain closed the navigation of the Mississippi to Americans. This caused lots of outraged
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This law dealt with the land that the United States got from Great Britain after the Revolutionary War.
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This chartered for the Northwest territory such as Ohio and Indiana
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An uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions.
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Where the treaties were ratified
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This verified the constitution of the United States. It was signed in Independence Hall
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Delaware became the first state to ratify the new United States Constitution as a unanimous vote.
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New Hampshire became the ninth and last necessary state of the original 13 colonies to ratify the U.S. Constitution. At that pivotal point, the Constitution became the organic law of the land.
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People had the opportunity to buy land in the Northwest Territory directly from the federal government
