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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Is a document that established the principle that everyone is to obey the law even the king -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian war led up to the proclamation line of 1763 which prohibited American colonists from settling west of the Appalachia -
The Stamp Act
Passed by the British parliament on March 22, 1765, which made all American colonists pay a tax on every piece of paper they owned -
Intolerable Acts
Colonists felt that the intolerable acts violated their rights as Englishmen and their natural rights as human beings -
American revolution
British colonists in America rebelled against the rule of a Great Britain -
Lexington and Concord
The British commander in Boston had heard of supplies of powder and weapons being kept by patriots in the towns of Lexington and Concord -
Common sense
Offers an open and concerted argument against British rule and advocates for a new nation free to govern itself -
Declaration of Independence
It contains the ideals or goals of our nation and it contains the complaints of the colonists against the British king -
Saratoga
It was a crucial turning point in the American Revolutionary War. America finally started to receive international recognition, which led to aid in the war against the British government. The battle of Saratoga was actually 2 battles -
Yorktown
It triggered the point of the final surrender for British forces -
US Constitution
It addresses the need for the integration of the various states, initially the 13 colonies, within unified legal paradigms -
Bill Of Rights
It protects the basic rights of humans. It was put into place to protect the rights of the people so that the government and government agencies can not impose laws that restrict the freedoms and liberties if people -
Civil war
Resolved issues of slavery and state rights. The United States would become a free nation, slavery would be outlawed -
Battle of Fort Sumter
No strategic value to the north– it was unfinished and it’s guns faces the sea rather than the confederate shire batteries– it held enormous value as a symbol of the union -
Emancipation Proclamation
It became impossible for them to go against the union that wanted slavery outlawed. Freeing all the slaves
