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Boston Massacre
A CLASH BETWEEN BRTITSH SOLDIERS AND BOSTON COLONIST IN 1770 IN WHICH FIVE OF THE COLONIST WERE KILLED -
BOSTON TEA PARTY
THE DUMPING OF 18,000 POUNDS OF TEA INTO BOSTON HARBOR BY COLONIST IN 1773 TO PROTEST THE TEA ACT -
THOMAS JEFFERSON
known for his broad knoledge and skillfully crafted prose was chosen to express the commitee's points -
DECLARATION OFINDEPENDENCE
THE DOCUMENT WRITTEN BY THOMAS JEFFERSON IN 1776 IN WHICH THE DELAGATES OF THE CONTINETIAL CONGRESS DECLARED THE COLONIES INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN -
ARTICLES OR CONFEDERATION
a document adopted by the second continental congress in 1777 and finally aproved by the states in 1781 that outlined the form of the government in the new united states -
TREATY OF PARIS
which confirmed U.S independence and set the boundaries of the new nation -
SHAYS REBELLION
an uprising of debt -ridden massachusetts farmers protesting increased state taxes in 1787 -
THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
legeslative branc to make laws
executive branch to carry outlaws
and a judicial branch to interpret the law -
GOEORGE WASHINGTON BECOMES PRESIDENTAND CREATES CABINET
when washington took office as the first president of the united states of america under the constitution he and congress faced a daunting task -to creat an entirely new government -
BILL OF RIGHTS
the first ten amendments to the U.S constitution added 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizens rights and freedom
