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Known as ' The 7 Year War', the colonists/americans fought against both the french and indians combined for land and power.
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The sons of liberty were what we call today, violent protesters. They would always try to rebell against the brits in any way or form. -
The British Parliament passed the “Stamp Act” to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. image from: https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-act -
This was when the british starting to tax the Americans on everything they imported. -
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in Boston where a group of nine British soldiers shot five people out of a crowd of three or four hundred who were abusing them verbally and throwing various missiles
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The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts,
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This map shows where the boston tea party was located at till this day present. -
The first ever meeting of 12 of the 13 colonies. -
The battle of Lexington and Concord was the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
This shows where the battle of lexington and concord was fought. -
The olive branch petition was sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. image from : https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/olive-branch-petition -
This was a call for the right to statehood rather than individual liberties.
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This was the final battle of the American Revolutionary War
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This treaty between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.
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the Constitution became the official framework of the government of the United States of America when New Hampshire became the ninth of 13 states to ratify it.
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President Washington sent copies of the 12 amendments adopted by Congress to the states. image from: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights/how-did-it-happen
