Events 1701-1800

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  • The founding of the British Armed Forces

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    The Great Awakening

    Colonists desire to have religious freedom

  • British Parliament passes the Molasses Act

    Import tax on molasses, sugar, and rum

  • British Parliament passes the Iron Act

    Restrict growth of Colony iron industrys
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    The French and Indian War

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    The 7 Years War

    A War that lasted 7 years between France and Britain

  • British Parliament passes the Stamp Act

    Tax on document, paper, and even playing cards

  • Sam Adams forms the Sons of Liberty

    A group fighting for the rights of colonists and taxation

  • The Boston Massacre

    British soldiers fired into a mob, killing several people

  • The Boston Tea Party

    Sons of Liberty dumping tea into the Boston harbor

  • British Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts

    (Also know as the Coercive Acts) As a result of the Boston Tea Party were made to punish the colonies of Massachusetts

  • First Continental Congress meeting

  • The Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The first battles that started the Revolutionary War
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    Revolutionary War

  • The founding of the Continental Army

  • The founding of the US Navy

  • The US declares independence

  • George Washington's cross of the Delaware River

    George Washington lead the Continental Army across the Delaware River to lead a surprise attack on the night of Christmas leading into the 26

  • The Second Battle of Saratoga

    The turning point of the Revolutionary War the pushed America forward and proved to the French that we can be allies

  • The US Constitution is written

  • George Washington is elected as the First President of the US

  • James Madison writes the Bill of Rights

  • John Adams becomes the second US President