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Sugar Act Was Created
This was created to tax American Colonies, it was to raise revenue through colonial customs. -
Stamp Act Was Formed
The money collect on the stamp act was used to help pat for protecting the American colonies near the Appalachian Mountains. -
American Revolution Started
It started because the British attempted to have greater control over the colonies to make them repay to the crown. -
Parliament gets a Townshed Act
Parliament gets a Townshed Act -
Tea Act Was Created
Designed to lower tea tax that it paid the British government. -
Continental Congress was formed
Continental Congress was formed -
Intolerable acts were Created
British Parliament made them so that the people in Massachusetts would get punished. -
Battle Of Lexington And Concord
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Manumission
So an owner can free his or her own slaves. -
Jefferson write the DOI
On July 4th 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence to show why America should have it's independence from them -
Battles of Trent and New Jersey
It was a small battle that was on the 26th of December. -
American and British Battle of Saratoga
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Howe captures Philadelphia
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State constitutions
The states had to create constitutions, in the first year, only eight states had their constitutions done and later, five states followed in a year later. -
Articles of Confederation
The original constitution of the united states that was ratified in 1781 -
Congress prohibits enslaved people imported to the US
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Winter at Valley Forge
This was a brutal winter in which thousands of soldiers had to survive a winter in a valley which was very cold and most died of small pox and starvation -
John Paul Jones & Serapis
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Spain Declares war on Great Britain
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British forces capture Charles Town
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British surrender at Yorktown
The British surrendered because the British government appealed to the Americans for peace. -
Plans for first Federal Tax
People called together so that the entire national debt could issue new interest-bearing debt certificates and impose tariffs and internal taxes to pay the interest costs. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed in Paris by people of King George III Great Britain it ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britian and the United States of America. -
Spain closed lower Mississippi River to American Western Settlers
It halted American expansion into new territory it wanted to claim. -
The Ordinance of 1785
A law that would set up a system that settlers could purchase land in the west. It had effect up until 1862 in which the Homestead act came in. -
The North West Ordinance
To organize new territories and set up the steps each territory needed to take to become a state. -
Shay's Rebellion
This was in Massachusetts mainly in Springfield. This was because the government increased efforts to collect taxes. -
Convention
This is where Washington was told to attend the Convention. The purpose was to decide how America was going to be governed. -
Signing of the Constitution
The signing represented 12 states with 39 representatives. -
Delaware first state to approve Constitution
The people of Delaware believe they wanted a stronger government and that being under a constitution would help them be better protected. -
New Hampshire ratifies Constitution
Farmers were provided that ratifying the constitution, the constitution would come into effect. New Hampshire was also the last an ninth state to ratify the Constitution on December 7th, 1788 -
Land Act of 1800
320 acres of land cost $2
