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The french-Inddian war was a 7 year war in which the british colonies had to figh the french colonist t
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The Navigation Acts were a group of laws passed by the british parliament putting a boundry on american colonies trade
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The stamp act was a tax put on paper goods such as playing cards newspapers and many other items
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HTe townshend acts were a tax placed on things such as lead,glass,paper,paint and tea
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The boston massacre was an event that took place in boston in which nine briitish soliders opened fire on a crowd of protester injuring 6 and killing 5
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The Boston Tea Party was a protest on the townshend act in which american coloines dump 92,000 punds of tea into the boston harpor
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The Quartering Act allowed british troops to be stationed in peoples houses and private faciltys
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The intorerble acts was a set of laws passed after the Boston tea party to punish the colonist
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The Battle of Lexington & Concord was the first fight of the american revolution in which a gunshot went off causing british soliders to open fire
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The Olivie Branch Petition was adopted by the congress in 1775 to sent to king james to try to prevent a war from hapoing the petition also states their loyalty to the british crown adn there rights as british citizens
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During the Second Continental Congress they created an army and elected george washington as the leader
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Was a oamblet wich was written bt THomas Panie which afgued independence form england and the creation of a democratic republic
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The Declaration of Independence was witten by thomas jefferson saying that humans have the god givien right of life freedom and pursuit of happness and declaring independece form england
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the Articles of Confederation was a written document setting up the form of government in the united staes of america
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The Daniel Shays’ Rebellion was a uprising in western massachuets and worecester against a dept crisis and the government raiseing taxes to try to collect the money
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The Constitutional Convention was a meeting that lasted 4 montsh deciding how america was going to be governed