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A war over territories in north America between the French and the British including tribes of Native Americans on both sides. The war lasted seven years ending with the defeat of the French.
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The British stationed a large army in North America after which the British Parliament passed the act in sought to raise money to pay the army through taxes legally and on official papers and public circulation. -
What started as a brawl between colonists and a British soldier over oppressive taxes became a massive protest. More soldiers arrived and later fired into the protesters killing five. -
A group of angry colonist dumped bundles of tea into the sea in protest of taxes. -
A series of four laws passed by British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts's for the Boston tea party. -
Marked the start of the american war of independence and caused political disastrous for the British. -
The Continental Congress meets inside Independence Hall. A couple months after the shots were fired at Lexington and concord. The congress was preparing for war. -
A 47 page pamphlet addressed to the people of America in order to persuade them against the monarchy and towards independence. -
The Olive Branch Petition was sent to the king of England as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. The Petition was to emphasized the loyalty they had to the British crown and their rights as British citizens. -
The predecessor to the constitution that gave the government very little powers when it came to regulating the states. The states acted as sovereign territories under this form of government. -
A battle that lasted over a month on a peninsula in Yorktown, it was the deciding battle of the revolution. The French and the American troops had the British trapped on all sides inside the Yorktown fort.
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It was signed by American colonies and Great Britain to end the American Revolution and formally set The United States as a independent nation. -
The constitutional convention determined that 3 out of 5 slaves were counted when determining the total population for legislative representation and taxation. This gave the southern states a significant leg up as the majority of the slave population resided in them. -
it was a agreement during the constitutional Convention it was defined by the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the united state constitution. -
The constitution would take its effect after 9 of 13 state legislatures ratified it. -
A meeting held in Philadelphia to address the problems of the articles of confederation, leading to the creation of the U.S constitution .