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the people started to notice things or flaws and revolt against them -
they were fighting over land after the French tried to claim the upper Ohio river valley -
the stamp act was basically something that made the British colonies pay tax -
dozens of men disguised mens snuck onto a ship and dumped 342 chest of tea into the harbor -
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
The Congress first met in Philadelphia on September 5th 1774 -
this is where the "shot around the world" was first fired and it marked the start of the amarican war of independance -
American and British fought and the americans lost the battle -
a petition sent to the king as a way to stop war from being declared it emphasized there loyalty to the british -
the American colonies severed their connection to great Britain and looked for independence -
it was a three week battle where the Americans won -
the Treaty of Paris signed ending the war of the American revolution the treaty recognized American independence -
The Three-Fifths Compromise stated that for every five slaves in a state three would be included in the population census. -
the full constitution of right is ratified and put into action we still use today -
president washing ton sent the 12 amendment to the congress and they had ratified 10 of these