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Navigation Acts
The Navigation Act were acts of parliament intended to promote the self-sufficiency of the British Empire by restricting colonial trade. -
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Navigation Acts
Navigation Acts started in 1651 and ended in 1660. -
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French and Indian War
Lasted from 1754 - 1763, and ended with the Treaty of Paris. -
French and Indian War ends
The war ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gain in North America. But disputes about the frontier policy and paying the war’s expenses led to colonial discontent, and eventually the American Revolution. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an Act of the Parliament that taxed items such as newspapers and pamphlets. Although they were not burdensome, the colonists resented them as an attack on their rights. -
Boston Massacre
In March 1770, British Soldiers in Boston opened fire on a crowd that was pelting them with stones and snowballs. The Colonists reported the deaths of 5 protesters, this incident would become known as the Boston Massacre. -
Tea Act
In an effort to save the troubled enterprise, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. The granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England. -
Boston Tea Party
On December, 1773 a handful of Colonists hurled a cargo of recently arrived British tea into the harbor as protest to the tax on tea. This incident became known as the Boston Tea Party. -
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
The Coercive Acts, called the Intolerable Acts by American Colonists, was passed by Parliament in response to the colonial resistance to British rule. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of Delegates from 12 of 13 British Colonies that became the United States. -
Lexington and Concord
At the Battles of Lexington and Concord, colonists clashed with British troops, the opening shots of the American Revolution. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of the Delegates from the 13 colonies in America. -
Declaration of Independence Adoption
In 1776, Congress took a momentous step, voting to declare independence from Britain, which they then signed. -
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Battle of Saratoga
Lasted from September 19th - October 17th of 1777. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a Victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight winter encampments for the Continental Army’s main body, which was commanded by General George Washington. -
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Valley Forge
Valley Forge started on December 19th, 1777, and ended on June 19th, 1778. It lasted exactly 6 months. -
Battle of Yorktown
Finally, in 1781 Washington forced the surrender of a British Army at Yorktown, Virginia. With that defeat, the British War effort crumbled. -
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Battle of Yorktown
The Battle lasted a little less than a month, a swift victory for the Americans. -
U.S. Constitution Written
During the hot summer of 1787, George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin hammered out the Constitution of the United States. The framework for a strong, flexible government has remained in place for more than 200 years. -
U.S. Constitution Adopted
The framework of the Constitution had absorbed ideas from people like Locke, Rousseau, and Montesquieu.