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The war started due to who gets to own the upper Ohio River Valley between the French and the British which the British won. But a dispute over the frontier policy and paying the war expenses of the colonial led to the American Revolution war.
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In order to raise funds to pay off debts the British Parliament passed the "Stamp Act" to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of paper such as, documents, playing cards and newspapers .
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They were a grassroots root of instigators and provocateurs in colonial America who uses any extreme method of disobedience such as threats and sometimes violence to push the rule of the British. They were famous for their role in the Boston Tea Party.
Sons of Liberty
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It was named after the British chancellor Charles Townshend who proposed the program. The Acts were met with resistance which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770.
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The Boston Massacre began when British soldiers is Boston opened fire on American colonists killing five men. Before the Boston Massacre, the British had imposed taxes on paper to help pay for the French & Indian War. This event helped spark the colonists desire for American Independence.
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The midnight raid known as the Boston Tea Party was in protest to the British Parliament's Tea Act that occurred at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. The American colonists were frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing "taxation without representation" and then dumped 342 chests of tea.
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The Intolerable Act was a series of four laws that were passed by the British Parliament in order to punish the colony Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. Colonists were not happy to put up with these four acts as they felt it was a violation of their rights.
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It was a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine which played a major role in convincing colonists to take up arms against England.
Common Sense
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Article of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States which established the functions of the national government of the United States after it regained its own independence.
[Information[(https://guides.loc.gov/articles-of-confederation#:~:text=January%208%2C%202019-,Introduction,occur%20until%20March%201%2C%201781.)
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The Battle of Yorktown occurred as Lord Cornwallis led the British troops to Yorktown, Virginia. He had hoped to keep his men safe in the Chesapeake town until fresh supplies and reinforcements arrived in Britain. But the French and the Americans had different plans.
Yorktown
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The Treaty of Paris was signed by the U.S and the British Representatives ending the War of the American Revolution. The Treaty ended wars between Great Britain and France, as well as other allies.
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Settles matter of representation in the federal government between America having two houses in congress, the senate and the house of representatives based on population.
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The reason the Constitution was ratified was to inform the public the provisions of the new and proposed government. It became the official framework of the government of the United States of America.
{Ratification](https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/blog/the-day-the-constitution-was-ratified)
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