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first permanent english settlement in north america. they wanted to find gold and establish a colony.
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the colonies were sent from britain to colonise
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the colonies are split into three, the new england, middle and southern colonies.
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this was the first representative assembly in the colonie,colonists elect 2 representatives who make the laws
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the mayflower compact was a document that had sets of rules and laws. they wanted to land in northern virginia but landed in massachusetts.
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this was was influenced by thomas hooker and was the first written constitution in the colonies.
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some of the colonies had slaves that were being brought to america.
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the great awakening wa a way for people to gain their faith back.
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the french and british were fight over the ohio river valley because it had good trading opportunities.
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the colonists were upset about the taxes because they didn't have a voice in what was happening
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colonists were angry that the king were making rules and the colonists had to say in it.
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the stamp act was tax on paper or printed materials. colonists protested by committing acts of violence and held boycotts on british goods.
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the act made colonists feed and house british soldiers.
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townshend act were taxes on imported good
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this was a protest gone bad and killed crispus attucks, the first casualty of the revolution.
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people dressed up like indians and dumped tea overboard.
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the tea act created a monopoly on tea. colonists could only buy tea form BEIC.
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this act closed the port of boston whiched stopped trade
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the act of parliament led to the information and meeting of the continental congress was the intolerable acts.
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many people wanted to go to war with britain to be independent but loyalists wanted not to go to war with britain
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british troops marching to concord so they could take the colonists weapons
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the first battle of the revolution.
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this was taken after the battle of lexington and concord.
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troops were able to training so they will be ready to fight in the spring.
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common sense was written by thomas pain and talked about the way britain was mistreating the colonises
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the troops trained in the harsh weather so they could be ready in the spring to fight.
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declared independence from britain.
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the turning point of the war because the french helped
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this battle ended the war between the colonists and the British
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it officially ended the revolutionary war and they gained the Mississippi river
