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Great awakening started with a traveling minster who preached that inner religious emotions was more important then outward religious behavior.the minsters name was johnathan edwards he frew large crowds and was one of the best known preachers.
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The french and indian war decided which nation would control the nothern and eastern parts of south America.The war was between the Americnas and the french.The french won the war.
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which forbade colonists to settle west of the appalchians moutains.
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a law passed by parliment in 1764 that placed a tax on sugar,molasses and other products shipped to the colonies,also called for harsh punishment for smugglers.
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a law passed in 1765 that requiredn all legal and commerical documents to carry a offical stamp show a tax had been paid.
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a law passed by parliment that placed taxs on various goods brought into the colonies.
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the shooting of 5 colonial dock workers by british soliders.
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colonists regulars as native native americnas dumped 100s of chests of tea in the boston harber.
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a series of laws enacted by parliment in 1774 to punish massacheuetts colonists for the boston tea party.
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Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold lead a successful attack on Fort Ticonderoga in New York, while the Second Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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George Washington became the commander of the continental army and later became the first presiden tof the Untied states of America.
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the Americans won their independence but the fighting would not end until 1783.
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sites in massachuetts of the first battles of the American revoultion.
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Thomas paine published the common sense setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence.
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delegates on july 4, adopted the Declaration of Independence, a document made by Thomas Jefferson.
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The Battles of Trenton took place in December 1776, helped turn the American Revolution in the Americans favor.
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Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution.
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General George Washington led troops to Valley Forge in Pennsylvania they fought from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778.
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friedrich von steuben trains george washington soliders in close drill training at valley forge.Marquis de lafayette was a 19 year old french nobleman who volunteered to be in washingtons army.
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lord cornwallis was a brithish general in the south.
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the last major battle of the revolutionary war ,which resulted in the surrender of the british forces in 1781.
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the set of laws that established the first government of the United states (1781 to 1788)
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the treaty of paris britain clamied all of north America east of the mississpi river.To reward spainthey gave them lousiana and New orleans.the britain also had siezed cuba and the philppeans from spain so they gave them Florida for exchange.The treaty ended the war in french power.
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The Treaty of Paris of 1783 was between the U.S and the British ended the revolutionary war and started American independence
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anti-tax protest by farmers
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one of the leaders of the constitutional convention
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Roger sherman delegate who developed the great compromise the compromise was made by constitutional convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house.
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the federalists were who supported the constitution the Anti-federalists opposed the constitution the way it was.
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first ten amendments to the constitution that protected rights of the individual citzens.
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created three branches for the federal government
