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  • Manga carta
    1215

    Manga carta

    First document that limited the kings power. America used it to create are government.
  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war

    The war provided the French with more land but at the cost of paying for the war.
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act

    The British needed money so they taxed the colonies newspapers and commercial documents
  • Tea act

    Tea act

    A massive amount of tea held buy the british
  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party

    protest by the sons of liberty
  • Continental congress

    Continental congress

    The continental congress was a convention were delegates from different colonies came to talk.
  • Battle of Lexington & concord

    Battle of Lexington & concord

    Was the start of America’s revolutionary war against the British.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The congress declared the 13 colonies were no longer subjects of Britain.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    The army forced Britain to surrender and the war was over.
  • U.S constitution

    U.S constitution

    The constitution established America’s national government and fundamentally laws.
  • Bill of rights

    Bill of rights

    The first 10 amendments
  • Battle of fort Sumter

    Battle of fort Sumter

    The battle of fort Sumter was the start of the civil war when the confederate army returned fire to the us army.
  • Homestead

    Homestead

    An act that you can have owner ship of a house
  • Battle of palmeito ranch

    Battle of palmeito ranch

    Was the last battle of the civil war after general Robert E lee surrendered to the union army.
  • First transcontinental railroad

    First transcontinental railroad

    Was the first rain road to go east to west