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jamestown
colony was founded in the year of 1607 and it was the first England colony b -
virginia house of burgesses
was established and it was the first representative government in the colonies -
mayflower compact
was signed and it was established self government based on social contract -
the boston tea party
The Sons of Liberty, some disguised as Native Americans, in defiance of the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company, which had 342 chests of tea on board lead by Samuel adams -
battle of lexington and concord
were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, -
declaration of independence
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin was tasked with drafting a formal statement of the colonies’ intentions. The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence–written largely by Jefferson–in Philadelphia on July 4, a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence. it made know that people have unalienable rights life liberty and the pursuit of happiness -
treaty of paris
in 1783, the American and British singed the treaty of Paris ending the American revolution -
u.s constituion
the u,s constitution was ratified in 1787 -
bill of rigths
The Bill of Rights is the nickname for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution -
louisana purchase
in 1803 president Jefferson bought the Louisiana purchase which 2x the size of the country
