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French and Indian war
In 1754, a seven year war took place in North America
The final Colonial War (1689-1763) was the French and Indian War, which is the name given to the American theater of a massive conflict involving Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Sweden called the Seven Years War. The conflict was played out in Europe, India, and North America. In Europe, Sweden , Austria, and france -
Stamp Act of 1765
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Sons of Liberty
was a political organization 13 colonies to fight taxation by the British government -
Townshend Act of 1767
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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770 Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry.
The Boston Massacre occurred when the British troops stationed in Boston came to blows against the colonists. The colonists were angry about being unfairly taxed and angry at the British occupation and took their anger out on the troops, as they threw snowballs and other items. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws aimed to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest of the Tea Act, a tax measure enacted by Parliament in May 1773 -
Boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts American colonists dumped shiploads of tea into the water to protest a British tax on tea.Join your host in shouting, "Dump the tea, into the sea!" and make sure you wear your Mohawk disguise! -
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First continental congress meets
first continental congress meets to discuse leaving britin and forming a new country -
Battels of Lexington and Concord
battels of Lexington and Concord the first military engagement of the American Revolution War. click here -
Second continental congress meets
The Second Continental Congress assumed the normal functions of a government, appointing ambassadors, issuing paper currency, raising the Continental Army through conscription, and appointing generals to lead the army. they met on May 10, 1775, to plan further responses if the British government had not repealed or modified the acts it took the momentous step of declaring America's independence from Britain. -
Olive Branch petition sent to England
this was sent to the King of England in an attempt to avoid war as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. click here -
Thomas Paine's common sense
Thomas pains common sense argued for independence from England and the creation of democratic republic. click here -
Declaration of Independence
On this day in 1776 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed the independence of the United States of America from Great Britain and its king. -
Articles of confederation created
Articles of confederation created the foundation of the new government of American colonies Click here -
Bill of rights adopted
Bill of rights adopted o ensure ratification of the document, the Federalists offered concessions, and the First Congress proposed a Bill of Rights as protection for those fearful of a strong national government. On October 2, 1789, President Washington sent copies of the 12 amendments adopted by Congress to the states. By December 15, 1791, three-fourths of the states had ratified 10 of these, now known as the “Bill of Rights.”
