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It was during these years and the following years that the colonist became nlightened and that the paths to many events came.
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The war between Great Britain and France for North America Territtory from 1754 to 1763. Originally known as the "Seven Year War".
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Treaty of Paris, often called the Peace of Paris, which ended the Seven Year War.
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The War ended. :P
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A modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act, The Suga Act was to combat corruption and smugglers which controlled trade in the colonies.
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The stamp act was officially Parliament's first act forced upon the colonist as a way to show that they had control over the colonies.
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The tea Act was an Act passed as a way to help a falling Tea Company in India. It was so that the tea could be directly sold to the colonist, and was to be cheaper even with the tax. However, colonist reacted negatively to this and said that the Parliament was trying to trick them.
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Colonist, many disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded three docked ships and threw the cargo of tea into the Harbor so that it couldn't be sold.
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This was officially (more or less) the first battle of the Revolutionary War. The first shots were fired here.
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The second meeting which suceeded the First Continental Congress. In it was discussed in a fast pace about moving towards independence.
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This panphlet was published By Thomas Paine. It Is perhaps the most "dangerous" document ever created and is the Main document which helped push the colonist to Revolutionize.
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Day in which The United States Declared itself Independent from Great Britain.
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Valley Forge in Pennsylvania was the site of the military camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777–1778. (actual time used unknown)
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When the war ended. The camp had served as a military training ground for the Americans.
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An armed uprising armed uprising in central and western Massachusettsfrom 1786 to 1787. The rebellion is named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. (official day is unknown)
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The convection was to create a new government to control after independence was established.
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Time when the Constitution was ratified.
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The Convection ended and the governmental ideas were set. Now all that was left was to ignite it.
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Around this date the Constitution was ratified.
