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First document that restricts a leaders power. We used it to limit our government while creating it.
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This was a taxation for America colonists on everything they used/bought such as ships papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers etc.
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First Continental Congress, 1774. The First Continental Congress met in the Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from September 5 till October 26, 1774. It had fifty-six delegates from twelve of the thirteen states/colonies that became the United States of America.
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This is a war against the British and the US which ended in 73 killed 174 missing and 26 missing (British) which taught them that acting in a unjust behavior will not be tolerated or expected in America.
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We know July 4th as the day the US became an independent nation but it was actually July 2nd is when the us became independent.
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This is a document stating that american citizens would have individual rights to protect them.
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The British surrendered at the battle of Saratoga on October 17 1777
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George Washington lead an army of 17,000 to Yorktown to battle British general Lord Charles Cornwallis who lead an army of 9,000. The continental army won.
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Writing the constitution took people from 12 out of the 13 colonies to come together and talk about it and write/ sign it.
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When the constitution was made not everyone thought they were fair of very protective so congress met again in 1789 then added the 10 amendments
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This is the start of the American civil war because it was a confederate victory which the confederate States Army captured the fort.
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Fought between northern and southern states over slavery and rights.
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One of the bloodiest wars in the USA ever, with about 50,000 deaths in the span of 3 days, which ended in the south winning the war.
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The home stead act was a law that passed in 1862 which gave people a chance to become landowners.
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The Transcontinental Railroad is a railroad that is connected from eastern USA to the west.
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