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The war pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side was supported by military units from the parent country and Native American allies.
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The Sons of Liberty was a clandestine political organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies, to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. -
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation, where British soldiers killed several people while being harassed by a mob. -
This was an American political protest, organized by the Sons of Liberty -
The First Continental Congress convened in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression. -
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
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The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting soon after the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
By issuing the Declaration of Independence the 13 American colonies cut their political connections to Great Britain. -
The Articles of Confederation was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States, it served as its first constitution.
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The Battle of Yorktown was a decisive victory by a combined force of the American Continental Army troops led by General George.
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First introduced by James Wilson and Roger Sherman, the 3/5 compromise counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person. -
The compromise was offered by delegates Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth to solve the argument between small and large states over representation. -
The United States ratified the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, confirming the fundamental rights of the people that lived there.
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