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Zenger Trial
It was a trial that showed that free press and free of speech were important issuse and this would prompt the framers of the constituation to add free press and speech into the bill of right.s -
Albany Congress
Was a conference started by benjamin franklin between 7 of the 13 coloinies to discuss the plan of the union and this plan would create make the colonies work together and establish a unitied front against french and indians.This -
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seven year war
This was the last of the imperial war and permantly forced the france to leave North America. It gave the british all the land from the east coast to the west coast. -
The treaty of paris
Was the peace treaty that ended hostilites between france and england and forced the french to leace North America but gave the french there caribbean coloinies back. -
Pontiac’s Rebellion
It was an indian rebellion to try and stop english expansion into the ohio river vally. -
Sugar Act
Was the first of many taxes the crown forced upon the colonies to helped pay for the french and indian war. It was hated by the colonists. -
Stamp Act
Was the second of the british taxes on the american colonies that greatly angried the colonists. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
It repealed the highly hated and protested stamp act. It was a sign that the american colonies could defy the mother country. -
Declaratory Act
It was an act that came after the repliment of the stamp act, and was overlooked by most colionist.It stated that parliment has the power to tax its colonies, it was passed to show that the crown wasn't being pushed around by their colonies. -
Boston Massacre
It showed how tensions between coloinists and british soilders was so high it resulted in violence between coutrymen and was the first major split between the american colionies and the mother coutry. It was used as propaganda by revoluntionarys to rally support from the people. -
Tea Act
Was one of the taxs that coloinist hated and was the cause of mass protests and only worsed the all ready strained relationship between the colonies and the mother country. -
Boston Tea Party
It was hte mass protest of the tea tax in which colonist dumped 10,000 pounds worth of tea into the boston habor. It was followed by many other protests across the colonies. -
Intolerable Acts
Was the series of laws and taxs with were designed to punish boston for the tea party, it included the closing of boston habor, the abolishing of the government and the forced the citizens to quarter british troops. -
First Continental Congress
Was a meeting between 11 of the 13 colonies to discuss what to do about british oppression and it was the first organization of the majority of the coloinies. -
Lexington and Concord
Was the first battle in the colonies and was the first pure act of rebellion against the british empire. -
Second Continental Congress
The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Olive Branch Petition
Was a petition by colonial leaders to avoid full blown war with Britain it failed to accomplish its goal. Was highly supported by the more conservative revoluntionaries. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
was a major confroontation around breed hill and it was a british tactical victory because they forced the coloinists to retreat but was a moral victory for the coloinal -
Common Sense
was a informational pamphlet talking about the reasons why a revolution was necessary for the american colonies -
Virginia Declaration of Rights
was the precressor to the bill of rights and was virgina offical announcing all of the rights their citizens would have after victory in the revolution. -
Declaration of Independence
was written by thomas jefferson and was the offical start of the americann revolution and was a document that would be copied and emulated by revolutionaries for the rest of recorded history -
battle of long island
Was the first major battle fought by british regulars and it forced the coloinist out of Brooklyn and forced them to evacuate New York. -
Fort Ticonderoga
was the scene of the first major colional victory of the war and it supplied the coloinists with much needed weopons and other supplies -
Battle of Saratoga
It was a turning point in the war becauswe european powers recognized that americans had a chance to win againist the british. It also was enough to get the french to enter a formal alliance with america. -
Ratification of Articles of Confederation
It was the predeccessor to the constituation. it also set up the first national government in north america. -
vally forge
The bitter winter that unitied the colonial army and after the events they were a completly different fighting force. -
the battle of yorktown
Was the last major defeat of the british whish ended the war on the eastier front and it started the peace talks with bratian. -
Treaty of paris
Was the treaty that ended the revolutionary war and made america a free and independent country. It was the first colony to revolt againist the motherland. -
Land Ordinance of 1785
It was american expandsion policy. And it sold indian land cheap and encouraged westward expansion by the coloinists. -
Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom
the precursor to the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment -
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Was an important congress decide that everything nothwest of the mississippi river was now part of america and that americans were now offical going to settle this areas. -
George Washington Inauguration
Was the inaugration of the first president of the unitied states. It was a gloriuos day where the leader of a rebellion and an army became a leader of a formal nation
