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He was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger.
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This rebellion ended with the deaths of nine white colonists and the execution or suicide of twenty-seven slaves.
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The Yamasee, one of the closest trading partners of the Carolina's, started a surprise war. The Yamasee were initially successful, even coming within miles of Charles Town. A crucial alliance with the Cherokee saved the colony from destruction.
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It was the largest religious revival that had occurred in America up to that time. It began in the church of congregationalist Jonathan Edwards. It eventually spread to most other denominations, including the Presbyterians, Baptists, and Methodists.
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The Stono Rebellion was a slave revolt that occurred in South Carolina. On a Sunday, while the masters were at church, a mob of slaves marched towards the Florida-Georgia border in hopes of reaching Fort Mose, which was a free black settlement near the border. The rebellion was unsuccessful when militias beat the rebels in battle, capturing or killing most of the rebellious slaves.
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The threat of rebellion in New York City caused a panic that led to a witch hunt. The witch hunt ended with the deaths of thirty-two black men and five poor white men. Many other individuals were deported to the sugar plantations of the West Indies.
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This act sparked what would become a world wide conflict known as the Seven Years War
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This war stated in North America but turned into a world wide conflict. The initial war was between the English and the French, but became a war that raged across all of Europe and the world.
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This congress met to discuss the French and Indian War. Benjamin Franklin proposed that the colonies unite and form a coordinated defense system across the continent. This plan was ultimately rejected, but it did show the increased unity between the thirteen Colonies.
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The war in began with the English allied Frederick II of Prussia invading the neutral province of Saxony. In retaliation, a coalition of French, Austrian, Russian, and Swedish forces invade Prussia and a few other German states allied with Prussia.
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Outside Quebec City, the British general James Wolfe defeated French general Louis-Joseph de Montcalm in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
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Neolin, and Indian prophet, received a vision from the main god of his religion. The god told him to start a revolt against the British or else they would never reach heaven. One of his disciples was Pontiac, an Ottawa leader.
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The treaties gave the British Canada and most of French North America.
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This war consisted of different attacks on British forts and settlement by independent Native American tribes.
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This proclamation set the Appalachian Mountains as the Western border of English settlement in the Colonies.
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This act was designed to raise revenue for the British Empire by taxing sugar and molasses.
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This act passed by parliament restricted the printing of paper money in the American colonies
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This act required that legal documents be printed with stamp. The stamp showed that the duty on the document had been payed.
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These resolves protested the Stamp Act and other unjust taxes. The colonists claimed that they had all the rights and privileges of British citizens, yet were not being treated as such. The Virginia Resolves were printed throughout the colonies and led to the Stamp Act Congress and other forms of protest.
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This Congress met to discuss how the colonies should respond to the Stamp Act. They eventually issued a “Declaration of Rights and Grievances.” The declaration pledged loyalty to the king and what loyalty was due to Parliament, but pushed the idea that the colonists had the same rights as British citizens.
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This act stated that had the right to pass laws over the colonies and to tax the colonies.
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A crowd gathered outside the Boston customs house. The mob was throwing snowballs, insults, and bricks at the sentry outside the building. Several soldiers came to the sentries aid. After some confusion, the soldiers fired on the mob and killed five Bostonians.
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Colonists despised as Indians raided three ships sitting Boston Harbor. The colonists dumped the tea upon the ships into the bay.
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This act closed the Boston Port from trade.
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This act suspended Massachusetts right to govern itself.
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This act gave the Massachusetts governor the right to send rebellious colonists for trial in England.
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This act forced colonists to house British soldiers in their homes.
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This act enlarged the Province of Quebec, passed Catholic religious reforms, and denied the right to elect legislative bodies.
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The first battle of the American Revolution.
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This rebellion demonstrated the weakness of the Article of Confederation.
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Delaware became the first state when it ratified the United States Constitution in December of 1787.
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