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The French received all land from the Mississippi River west, while the British received all land from the Mississippi River east.
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parliament lowered the tax on sugar in hopes colonists would stop smuggling.
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Patrick Henry and Va house passed a resolution that: Colonists were the only ones to collect taxes
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Parliament enacted the Townshend act which taxed imported goods before entering the colonies
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small battle during aw
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Jefferson writes the declaration of independence.
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americans won over british
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campaign was a British initiative in the American Revolutionary War to gain control of Philadelphia, which was then the seat of the Second Continental Congress.
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no new slaves were to be imported
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1776 thru 1778
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roved to be a great trial for the American army, and of the 11,000 soldiers stationed at Valley Forge, hundreds died from disease. However, the suffering troops were held together by loyalty to the Patriot cause and to General Washington, who stayed with his men
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March 29 to May 12 during the American revolutionary war
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British finally surrender
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ended the American war
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in order to help pay for the soldiers food and for them to fight they had to pay a tax.
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In June 1784 Spain closed the navigation of the Mississippi to Americans. Westerners were outraged and threatened war against Spain
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It set up a standardized system where settlers could purchase farmland in the undeveloped west.
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the rules for ordinance of 1785
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george Washington was persuaded to attend the Constitutional Convention and was unanimously elected its president
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at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention, representing 12 states all but Rhode Island, which declined to send delegates
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the first state to ratify was Delaware, on December 7, 1787, by a unanimous vote 30 - 0.
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was an armed battle in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis among the citizens and the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades
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Under this law, people had the opportunity to buy land in the Northwest Territory directly from the federal government people had to purchase at least 320 acres of land for a minimum of two dollars per acre.
