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Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. -
A period when spirituality and religious devotion were revived. -
North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. British colonial forces, led by Lieutenant Colonel George Washington, attempted to expel the French in 1754, but were outnumbered and defeated by the French -
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London -
A confrontation in Boston in which a group of nine British soldiers killed three people of a crowd of three or four hundred who were abusing them verbally and throwing various missiles. -
An agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first frame of government -
Meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States -
Arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain's 13 North American colonies and British Parliament and secured United States of America independence from Great Britain. -
The first formal statement by a nation's people asserting their right to choose their own government. -
The British Crown formally recognized American independence and ceded most of its territory east of the Mississippi -
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. This founding document, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government -
George Washington was an American soldier, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.