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Columbus sailed west to trade and he discovered the New World. Without Columbus we wouldn't have colonization. -
British colonists settled in the New World. Here they could find riches that they could trade with and better land for living. -
They settle in Plymouth for resources and land -
French and Indians were fighting England and Britan -
To put colonies under a more centrilized government -
It ended the war of the American Revolution. Gave america independece -
When the French and British made a compact that said that they could not settle past the mountains -
After the Stamp act people decided not to pay taxes so they sent soldiers to try and make people -
When the British was in debt so they put a law that said that every pice of paper you bought you had to by a stamp with it -
This is when the colonists were forced to pay their taxes. -
This is when a bunch of British solders shot in a crowd of people. -
It gained the East India company a lot of money by selling tea to the British. This made taxes rise and it made a lot of people unhappy. -
The Boston Tea Party was a bunch of people dressed up as Indians who took tea from boats and threw them overboard. This was important because it showed them that they didn't want there tea and that the colonists did not want anything to do with the British. -
The Intolerable acts were to force the colonists into paying their taxes. -
A group of leaders who worked on creating the Declaration of Independence. -
This was when British soldiers came into Lexington and were stoped by colonists. This was important because it started the Revolutionary war. -
This is when the colonists stoped the British from entering Lexington -
America gained their independence
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When 13 leaders came to gether to prevent war -
Was a petition to make the colonists pay taxes. -
This book was writin' byThomas Paine. This book explains why colonists should gain independence from great Britain in the thirteen colonies. -
Leaders/ Representatives from the 13 colonies came together to prevent war or conflict. -
This was to end the American Revolution. -
Shays's rebellion is important because it strengthened the government. -
The Congress was important because it provides a new government. -
Farmers didn't like the new tax on whiskey so they rebelled and George Washington had to make a choice that could have impacted the country significantly. -
The XYZ Affair was a fight between France and the U.S which almost resulted in war. -
The war of 1812 created a newly established democratic government