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A charter of liberty andl rights obtained from King John of England by his rebellious people at Runnymede in 1215.
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This document is a document of rights and it list the rights of the people of england. It also limits the powers of the crown and sets rights for parliment.
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This is a war between the British and the French over North America. The different indian tribes joined both sides.
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On this battle the british put artillery on a hill above the fort. The french in the fort new it was undefendable so they blew it up so the british could not have the supplies then retreated.
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This was the document signed to en the French and Indian War. This gave all the land east of the Mississippi river to Britain except New Orleans and other small islands.
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In this act they taxes molasses,sugar,etc.
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An act that made the colonists pay for a stamp when they bought paper products.
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This is the group that is responisble for the Boston Tea Party and they werre the " Leading men of Boston".
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In this act it gave Britain all the power of the American colonies because the repal of all the acts.
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The colonist were to mad so they took back the stamp act.
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This was the act hat taxed lead, paint, paper, tea, and glass.
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A soldier struck a colonist and the colonoist started to taunt more and he shot and killed five men.
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In this event The Sons of Liberty went aboard a tea ship and poured it all into he Boston Harbor.
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This was in direct result of the Boston Tea Party.
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Britain passed an act that the colonist called the Intolerable acts. These acts included closing of the harbor, the Quartering Act, etc.
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This was a meeting of 12 out of 13 delegets and they met the to discuss r\the coerocive acts.
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The charter was cnacelled because of the protests and violence in the colony.
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In this speech you here the famous words " Give me liberty or give me death!"
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This is when Paul Rvere rode all over towns and yelled " The British are coming!"
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This is the event when Governor Gage siezed the colonists stockpile so they have no firepower.
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The British killed most of our soldiers and wounded many and they marched to Concord. The badly outnumbered minute men waited for the British. The leader said not to fire to they fire upon untill fired. When the shots were fired the patriots went down very fast.
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12 delegates met in Philidelphia for the Second Continental Congress. It still has not been pefectly indentified but we think that it is the first talk of a republic government.
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He attacked fort Ticacondera in 1775 and overtook it.
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This was known as the Fortification of Dorchester Heights. In thi battle they had previously stolen cannons. They lined up the cannons on Nooks Hill. The British woke up and saw the colonists knowing that if they did not retreat they would die.
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This is an army that is made up of colonists from all the colonies.
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This battle proved that the colonies were ready to fight hard for there country although they lost. The colonist once again outnumbered and low on supplies fought the British. Thhere stategy was for the British to walk up the hill and they shoot. They mowed down the British. They ran out of supplies and had to retreat.
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They named George Washington Commander and Cheif of the Continental Army.
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This document was made to try to avoid any possability of war.
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They captured Montreal in 1775. But in Quebec they got defeated quickly. There strategy was trying to take canada.
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This was part of the Intolerable Acts and they changed the governor of Massachusetts.
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This is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine and he translated the Declaration of Independence to an easier language for the lower class.
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This wasa naval assualt. They found stored gunpowder. They then assualted fort montagu. They stored the powdered untill ready to ship back.
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This was the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It was signed by fifty-six delegates.
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These were the rights listed in the Declaration of Independence.
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George Washington had to protect a crucial point near New York. This was the first major battle that was fought by the U.S.
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This is a phrase on the US seal. It means "One from Many".
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In this battle George Washington killed and captured the Hennisians. The cold weather made it possible to do so
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The 10,000 British troops surrounded the fort on the mountains. The americans knew that they would be defeated so they retreated and the british regained the fort.
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In this battle it was the turning point of the war. The colonist captured British defenses. They also got foreign support from Frnace and Spain.
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The british tried to siege charleston. The continentl army outnumbered them and defeated them.
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The british were going to recruit loyalists to cornwalasis flank. The patriots rallied to attack them and the patriots won.
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This was the document that started the first U.S government but was to weak and was replaced by the Constitution.
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Washington and the French lead the british in yorktown surrounding them and making them surrender
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This is when they divided into townships the to 36 lots to 640 acres.
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This was an uprising with problems with the government and debt problems. Led by Shay and other farmers and revolutionary veterans.
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Created the Northwest Territory, established conditions for self-government and statehood, included a Bill of Rights, and permanently prohibited slavery.
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This is the document that is still in effect after 200 years or america. Held rules including the Bill of Rights.
