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Parliament passed Sugar act -1764- that LOWERED taxes on molasses
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an act for the government to tax stamps
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In 1767 Parliament passed the Town Shed act to tax imported goods, glass, tea, and paper
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it was a street fight that happens, 3 were killed and 2 were injured
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the colonists dressed up like Indians and threw tea over the harbor into the water
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British found out where the colonists were hiding and they had a war.
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People of the government signed a treaty to gain independence.
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56 people signed the DOI to form what is now called the United States
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The Continental Army had suffered from some defeats when they were in New York. The U.S. took the victory
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The State Constitutions gave Americans to opportunity to 'right the wrongs' they had experienced under British rule and ensure that they were replicated in their establishments.
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General Whashington placed 11,000 men between Howe and Pennsylvania, but all 11,000 men were outmanuried and they just drove back to where they came from which is Battle of Brandywine. they had to deal with casualties, and the british lost half of what the other people had.
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His surrender to American forces at the Battle of Saratoga marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. The scope of the victory is made clear by a few key facts: On October 17, 1777, 5,895 British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms.
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The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777. ... The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments.
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none of the new slaves where allowed to be imported to the U.S., but the old slaves were allowed to be imported over to the U.S..
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They had 11,000 army men stationed at valley forge and it says that it was a severe winter and they had a great trial. Hundreds of them had got a disease and they begun to die, but they didn't give up at the end of the day because they had the General Washington by there side all along.
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The State Constitutions gave Americans to opportunity to 'right the wrongs' they had experienced under British rule and ensure that they were replicated in their establishments.
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1779, Spain declares war on Great Britain, creating a de facto alliance with the Americans. Spain's King Charles III would not consent to a treaty of alliance with the United States. The American Revolution had already spawned a world war between the two international powers of Britain and France.
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Jones was hailed as a great hero in France, but recognition in the United States was somewhat belated. He continued to serve the United States until 1787 and then served briefly in the Russian navy before moving to France, where he died in 1792 amidst the chaos of the French Revolution. He was buried in an unmarked grave. In 1905, his remains were located under the direction of the U.S. ambassador to France and then escorted back to the United States by U.S. warships.
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After a siege that began on April 2, 1780, Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on this day in 1780, with the unconditional surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army of 10,000 at Charleston, South Carolina.
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Manumission is the act of an owner freeing his or her slaves. Different, though this can be difficult to determine from the baptismal record and must be assessed through other evidence. John Dickinson freed his slaves between 1776 and 1786, the only Founding Father to do so during that time.
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The British surrendered the Yorktown, it needed major land operations in North America.
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The Treaty of Paris was the official peace of the United states and the British's that ended the American Revolutionary War. The Congress of the Confederation ratified the treaty on Jan. 14, 1784.
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The treaty provided that the Mississippi River was the western boundary of the United States and also guaranteed Americans the right of free navigation. In June 1784 Spain closed the navigation of the Mississippi to Americans. Westerners were outraged and threatened war against Spain
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The Land Ordinance of 1785 was adopted by the United States Congress of the Confederation on May 20, 1785. It set up a standardized system whereby settlers could purchase title to farmland in the undeveloped west. The 1785 ordinance laid the foundations of land policy until passage of the Homestead Act of 1862.
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Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis among the citizenry and the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades; the fight took place mostly in and around Springfield during 1786 and 1787
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The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation
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When the Constitutional Convention adjourned on September 17, 1787 William Jackson was ordered to carry the Constitution to Congress in New York City. He also carried two letters with him.
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The Northwest Ordinance, adopted July 13, 1787, by the Confederation Congress, chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.
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Since 1933, the governors of Delaware have proclaimed December 7 as Delaware Day in honor of that day in 1787, when Delaware became the first state to ratify the Federal Constitution, thus making Delaware the first state in the New Nation
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On this day in 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and last necessary state of the original 13 colonies to ratify the U.S. Constitution. At that pivotal point, the Constitution became the organic law of the land.
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On April 15, 1800, the government approved the Harrison Land Act. Under this law, people had the opportunity to buy land in the Northwest Territory directly from the federal government. The purchasers also could use credit to make part of their purchase.
