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The Sugar and The Currency Act
The enforced tax on molasses caused the almost immediate decline in the rum industry in the colonies. This was the begining of the colonies turning their backs on Great Britian and striving to become a new nation -
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The path of Independence
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Son's of Liberty formed
n Boston in early summer of 1765 a group of shopkeepers and artisans who called themselves The Loyal Nine, began preparing for agitation against the Stamp Act. This was a the first rebellion against the British and inspired others to rise againsy -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770. The Boston Massacre showed the American people that the British don't care for Americans. They would slaughter all in a heartbeat. This made American's realize the British needed to be gone. -
Tea Act and Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor.
The Boston Tea Party encourgaged Americans to not take or deal with Britian. That them throwing the tea overbaord was a
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First Contential Congress
The first matter to be considered by all was A Plan of Union of Great Britain and the Colonies, offered by Joseph Galloway of Pennsylvania.
This was the Begining to America's freedom from Great Britian. This began democracy in America -
Decleration of Independece was signed
What Jefferson did was to summarize this philosophy in "self-evident truths" and set forth a list of grievances against the King in order to justify before the world the breaking of ties between the colonies and the mother country. This Document was The day that America became its own mother nation. Americans were one step closer to indepence. -
The French-American Alliance
This treaty expressed that if the United States was attacked by Britian, France would give them military support. This treaty made the American Military smart, stronger, and larger. Meaning defeat for France on the horizion. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the war between Great Britian and The United States. Which...........WAS THE DAY AMERICA BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY!!!
