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http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/zenger/zenger.html
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/albcon.htm The British government asked colonial representatives to meet in Albany, New York, to develop a treaty with Native Americans and plan the defense of the colonies against France.
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http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_sevenyears.htmlThe Seven Years War was a war between the British, French, and Spanish. It was a war over land and ended with the Treaty of Paris and led to the French and Indian War.
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http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h754.htmlFormal end to British hostilities against France and Spain.
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http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h598.html The native americans were unhappy with British postwar policies in the Great Lakes region after the British victory in the French and Indian War.
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.htmTax on sugar which resulted in colonists to non importation as a protest. It increased restrictions on colonial commerce.
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http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfmTax on newwspaper, documents, licenses, playing cards,etc. Resulted to proest which then the British repeadeld the Stamp Act and renewed duties of Sugar Act.
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http://www.bostonmassacre.net/British troops fired on American civilians in Boston. They killed5 people.
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htmTax on tea. British East India Company monopoly on tea imports to gain profits.
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http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h646.html
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/intolerable.htmBoston Port Act to close ports, Massachussets government Act,Adminstration Gov't Act, and Quartering Act
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http://www.ushistory.org/us/11c.aspGeneral Gage sent troops to Boston to seize the stores of ammunition of cannon and amunition of the Masuchuessets malita had stored at armories in Charlestown and Cambridge
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/congress.htmMeeting of the colonies adopted the Declartion of Rights, The Suffolk Resolves and The Declartion of rights and Grivences and agreed to establish the Continents of Association.
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http://www.history.com/topics/capture-of-fort-ticonderogaBattle of Fort Ticonderoga was the first American victory of the Revolutionary War.
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http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/olive-branch-petition.html the Congress passed a resolution forming a committee to draft a letter to the King. The letter bacame known as the olive branch petiton. Read more: http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/olive-branch-petition.html#ixzz25nhTkkFE
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http://www.history.com/topics/battle-of-bunker-hill British forces under the command of Major General William Howe defeated the colonials in Massachusetts. the colonials did inflict much damage though . It was an important confidence boost for them.
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http://www.ushistory.org/us/10f.aspCommon Sense challenged the authority of the British government . The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain.
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http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/parliament-repeals-the-stamp-actParaliament repealed Stamp Act and reduced duties under Sugar Act. The colonies celebrated and non importation associations were disbanded.
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http://www.constitution.org/bcp/virg_dor.htmA declaration by the Virginia Convention of Delegates of rights of individuals. Its first draft was developed by George Mason.
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http://www.history.com/topics/declaration-of-independence Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence which was written largely by Jefferson in Philadelphia. it declared what the colonies were fighting for and what they were doing. they wanted indepence from Britain.
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http://www.britishbattles.com/long-island.htm The British drove the Americans from Brooklyn and forced them to evacuate New York.
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/declaratory.htmIt accompanied repeal of the Stamp Act. Stated that Parliament had the authority to legislate for the colonies in all cases whatsoever.
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/virg_bil.htmDraft written by Thomas Jefferson in 1777. It promoted religious freedom for the state of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison promoted the bill for years before it was finally passed by the Virginia legislature.
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http://www.ushistory.org/us/11g.asp** it was the turning point of the revolutionary war. american victory & british defeat.
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http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/ Six month encampment of the Continental Army under the command of General George Washington, a few miles from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/articles-of-confederation-are-ratified This became the the outline of the government of the now, United States.
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http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-yorktown.htmGeneral George Washington's defeat of Lord Cornwallis's British army which caused the British to surrender. It ended the American Revolutionary War.
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http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=6Signed by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay, it officially ended the revoltionary war. Britain recognized the new nation , removed its troops and assigned the new boudaries of the US's land.
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http://cvapush.wikia.com/wiki/Land_Ordinance_of_1785
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http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/ordinance/Land agreement of 1787 that created the Northwest Territory, enabling the United States to expand into the Great Lakes area. States created from the Northwest Territory included Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_inauguration_of_George_Washingtonit was done at Federal Hall in New York City,
