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Prohibited the American colonists from crossing the Appalachian Mountains and moving to the land they were fighting for. -
The British Parliament, desiring revenue, passed the first law specifically aimed at raising colonial money for the Crown. -
During one protest in Boston, a fight broke out and Five colonists were shot and killed. This incident in the American colonists became known as The Boston Massacre. -
An act of protest by a group of patriots. The British saw this as an act of sabotage and decided the colonists should be punished. -
British soldiers in Massachusetts were ordered to disarm the American rebels and to arrest their leaders. -
Approved by the Second Continental Congress on July 4. "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, which among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." -
A major turning point in the American Revolution, because after the American victory the French decided to join the war. -
The final major battle of the American Revolution was won by the Americas. Washington, Hamilton, Lafeyette and Laurens all aided to this victory as well as a large French force. -
Replaced the Articles of Confederation. The new government established a stronger federal government with the power to levy taxes, regulate trade, print money, and maintain a standing army. -
By December 15, 1791, three-fourths of the states had ratified 10 of these, now known as the “Bill of Rights". -
In what is sometimes called the "Revolution of 1800", the Democratic-Republican Party candidate, Vice President Thomas Jefferson, defeated the Federalist Party candidate and incumbent, President John Adams. -
Ohio statehood is celebrated on March 1. The date of March 1, 1803 was when the Ohio legislature met for the first time. -
the United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. For roughly 4 cents an acre, the United States doubled its size, expanding the nation westward. -
The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811, in Battle Ground, Indiana, between American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory -
Maryland | Sep 13, 1814. The failed bombardment of Fort McHenry forced the British to abandon their land assault on the crucial port city of Baltimore.