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a battle between the british and french
the britsish people employed native american (indain) help to defeat the french it was extremly pricey and led to the taxes that started the revolution -
a group of colnst formed to protest british taxes they could often be violent but there main goal was to protect ther fellow man from tyranical rule and unfair taxes a famous member is george washington -
the era of enlightenment where the amircans would revolt to gain freedom from british rule lead by leaders such as george washington and set off by the book common sense
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required americans to pay tax on all printed material
made to pay for the cost of the french indain war
gaint resistance due to colonists seeing it as a viloation of there rights -
put taxes on ink
put taxes on paper
put taxes on tea leading to the boston tea party -
a protest against british taxes
happened at griffen wharf boston
disguesed as indains they borded the ships and dumped 324 chests of tea into the oceon -
the acts set to punish Massachusetts for the boston tea party but colonists saw it as unfair and violation of there rights causing even more people to want to revolt as they forced people into homes had direct control over the town and closed off ports -
brought togheter 12 of the 13 states delagates to discuss their grivences of british rule and decide apon acts to reply to what they considered opressive laws
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a metting in pensiilvania shortly after the start of the revoloutinary war in a place now known as independance hall the cngress gather 13 delagates one from each state to help guide the war that was to come -
the day of imfamy now celbrated every year since the day that freed the colonies from british rule but the actuall sighning on the ofical paper was on augest 2th -
british soldiors shot out into a croud of people
5 died 6 wounded
it was used heavily as propaganda to revolt against british rule -
a desicive british victory
led by cornwalis and loyalists
only won becouse the enemy troops were extremly ill -
a franco american mixed army led by george washington defeated lord cornwallis and his loyalist army when they were attemting to gain naval support effectivley ending the war making this one of the most iconic battle in the american revoloution -
firs to ratify was delaware
last to ratify was rohde island
needed nine out of 13 states to agree to ratify to get it ratified -
a joint house and senate confrence commite settled remian disagreements in september
goerge washingten sent copies of the 12 ammendments
only 3 fourths were ratified now known as bill of rights