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Stamp Act of 1765
Parliament taxed the British Colonies represented by a stamp. -
Townshend Act of 1767
Series of British acts that taxed goods in the American colonies -
Boston Massacre
A riot occurred by British soldiers shooting a couple people out of a crowd because they were getting verbally abused. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party was a political protest held in Boston mad at the British for taxation without representation -
Intolerable Acts
Series of laws passed by British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first military engagement of the Revolutionary War -
Declaration of Independence adopted
when the Declaration of Independence was signed -
Articles of Confederation
First frame of the government -
Battle of Yorktown
Battle ultimately concluding the American Revolution then Washington being the nation's first president. -
Treaty of Paris signed
King George III of Britain and American representatives signed a treaty ending all conflict. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention was a long event held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of how America was going to be governed -
3/5 Compromise
agreement that three-fifths of the slave population will be counted in the total population -
Great Compromise
Compromise where in the House of Representatives each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population. -
Constitution
Was ratified in !788 was written in 1787
