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The American Revolution
- To impose control and help defray the cost of keeping troops in America to control the colonists
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The American Revolution
In 1774, the British Parliament passed a series of laws collectively known as the Intolerable Acts -
The american revolution
By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776 -
The American Revolution
On September 28, 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown -
The American Revolution
British and American negotiators in Paris signed preliminary peace terms in Paris late that November, and on September 3, 1783, Great Britain formally recognized the independence of the United States in the Treaty of Paris. -
The American Revolution
The 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia originally met in order to reform the Articles of Confederation under which the United States government at the time operated -
French revolution
The French Revolution began in 1789 and lasted until 1794 -
The Industrial Revolution
The industrial revolution ended