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Columbus tried to go to Asia but ended up in the Caribbean islands. He started the colonization of the new land. -
Britain sent colonists to the new land. They where the start of Britain colonizing the new world. -
A group of people went to the new world and called themselves the pilgrims. The pilgrims had a big influence on America's culture. -
France and Native Americans fought aginst the colonies. After the war Britain gained a lot of land. -
benjamin Franklin told all the colonies that they had to come together(Join or die). This resulted the colonies coming together after arguing. -
the transfer of land from the French to the British. This resulted in the colonies gaining a lot of land from the French. -
King George told the colonies they couldn't colonize anything past the Appalachian mountains. This made the colonies mad and they didn't listen to King George. -
The Stamp Act was a way for Britain to pay back their debt. This caused an outrage in the colonies. -
The quartering was a diferent way for Britain to make money for their debt. This caused the colonies to follow the rules because they didn't like the taxation. -
The Townshend Act sent a lot of soldiers to the colonies, to reinforce the taxation laws. This caused the people in the colonies to only trade/buy with the other colonies. -
The Boston Massacre happened when a guard accidentally shot his musket into the air and scared everyone. After he shot all the other guards started shooting too. This resulted in the colonies becoming super mad and people getting killed. -
The Tea Act was when the British east India Company was the only company allowed to sell tea in the new world. The colonists got mad had the Boston Tea Party. -
The Boston Tea Party was when 3 groups of patriots got onto 3 ships stole some tea and threw it overboard. This lead to be a big part in the revolution. -
The British made 4 new rules to punish Massachussets. This led to people from Massachusetts to start revolting. -
During the 1st Continental Congress, the patriots sent a letter to the crown that would hopefully make them not want to fight. -
This was the start of the American revolution, where the patriots made the British retreat. -
The Battle of Concord was right after the Battle of Lexington, this was the final straw to start the war.
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The leaders gathered together and decided to declare for independence. This was when the patriots knew they had to fight. -
The Olive Branch Petition was sent by the patriots to try to not fight and make peace. The crown rejected and started sending more troops. -
Thomas Paine knew that they would have to fight and he wanted to tell everyone to be prepared so he said "Give me Liberty or Give me Death". -
This a note from the Patriots saying that they want to be free and the reasons why. this was signed by the continental congress. -
The British and the Patriots had a big fight because the patriots wanted freedom from Great Britain. This was a five year fight and the Patriots won so they got freedom and a lot of land.
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This treaty was between the Americans and the British, stating that the Americans were free from Britain's rule, and they were getting all of the land that Britain had in the New World. There where other countries involved like the Spanish, French, and the Netherland -
In Deleware, congress decided to start going by the new constitution. This is the same constitution we use today. -
violent tax protest that started in 1971 and ended in 1974. this was the first test of federal authority. -
The incident that happened when the United States had a treaty with France, then signed a treaty with Britain even though the French said not to. started undeclared war -
America Britain and France had a war in the New World, and when the war ended nobody won. After the war, we signed a treaty with Britain and showed that our small army was strong and fierce.