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King George asccends to the throne of England
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Treaty between England and France ends the French and Indian war
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Parliament passes stamp act as means to for British troops on American frontier. Colonists rebelled.
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On the same day it wa repealed, Declaratory act was passed making it right to make laws binding the colonists
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British troops arrive in Boston to enforc custom laws
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Four workers shot by British
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Dressed as Mohak Indians, Massachussetts patriots dump Tea into the Boston harbor after the Tea act gave special advantages to a company
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They reprimand Benjamin Framklin in London for leaking letters damaging the govenor of Massachussetts
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Shots fired here, forcing British troops back to Boston. George Washington takes command of the Continental Army
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Arrive in New York harbor in plans to crush the rebellion, joined by Continental army in Long Island
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Written by Thomas Jefferson, rattified by Congress. He also wrote "Common Sense," earlier, becoming a best seller and pushing colonies more to independence.
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Congress sends Benjamin Franklin to France to urge them to become allies
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Washington crosses the Delaware river and captures Hessian force in New Jersey
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British force led by Burgoyne takes fort Ticonderoga with a devestating loss for the Americans. Marquis de Lafayette comes, Washington get's defeated, therefore Philidelphia is lost. The Americans then capture Burgoyne.
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American revolutions becomes a world war
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Charleston loses to the British, and Americans "lose" several battles in the south, but there is a heavy toll on the British
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Elizabeth ends slavery in Massachussetts, and the American and the French earn back Yorktown, Virginia
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through 1787, Noah Webster helps AmericanEnglish by publishing a speller
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Between Great Britain and the US
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Gives it up and returns to private life
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Spain doesn't get right to travel this river because of conflicts between the north and southern states
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By debt farmers in Massachussets, and dispets the states's militia
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Northwest ordinance by confederation gives hope for new states and ends slavery. Delegates get together in Philly get together to rewrite the articles of Confederation.
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Passed a National Constitution that needs ratification from 3/4 states
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Virginia becomes a state
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New York becomes a state
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Bill of Rights get's passed
