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A battle for interior land between the British and the French, with the French having support from the Natives.
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The Appalachian Mountains became the border for British Settlements.
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British began to tax the colonies for sugar, tea, and coffee.
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British impose taxes on stamps, as well as required the colonies to purchase stamps.
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A result of unfair British policies, a secret society that would discuss and try to work the unfair British policies.
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The British began to reform some of the unfair policies.
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Disputes began to arise in the City of Boston, which resulted in British troops firing upon colonists. 5 colonists were killed.
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An assortment of committees in various colonies would communicate with one another. Discussions were in relation to the opposition to British Rule.
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Enabled for the British to establish a monopoly over the colonies.
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Colonists boarded British merchant ships and dumped over 92,000lbs of tea into Boston Harbor.
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Members of the colonies came together to discuss their deteriorating relationship with the British.
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Punishment from the British in response to the Boston Tea Party.
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The first shot in Lexington, starting the Revolutionary War.
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The beginning works of the Constitution were drafted.
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The Britsh put taxes on imported goods, which had to be paid at the port.
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Thomas Payne wrote "Common Sense" as a call to action in order to gain the support of the colonies who oppose the British Rule.
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The Declaration of Independence was signed, resulting in the colonies being freed from British rule. The colonies became the United States of America.
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The British had lost a key battle in the Siege of Yorktown.
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The Articles of Confederation were ratified as the newly independent state's form of government.
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Marked the end of the land battles of the Revolutionary War.
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A protest in response to the economic policies and political corruption under the Articles of Confederation
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Established policies for the creation and inclusion of 5 new states into the Confederation, in which slavery would be abolished in those new states.
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55 state delegates, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison all met in order to revise the failed Articles of Confederation. This led to the creation of the United States Constitution.
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The Constitution was signed by 11/13 states and became the law of the land.
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The Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution, which gave certain unalienable rights to those in the United States.