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Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a series of religious revivals in the North American British colonies during the 17th and 18th Centuries. During these "awakenings," a great many colonists found new meaning in the religions of the day. -
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French and Indian War
Britain and France had colonies in North America. The British wanted to settle in the Ohio River Valley and to trade with the Native Americans who lived there. The French built forts to protect their trade with the Indians. In 1754, George Washington led an army against the French. -
Boston Massacre
Known as the Incident on King Street British Army soldiers shot and killed five people while under attack by a mob. -
Boston Tea Party
Apolitical protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of British tea into the harbor. -
Declaration of Independence is Signed
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Washington crosses the Delaware.
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Battle of Saratoga
Victory of the Americans over the British in the American Revolution. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ending the American Revolutionary War. -
Constitutional Convention is held in Philadelphia
The Constitution was written during the summer of 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by 55 delegates to a Constitutional Convention that was called ostensibly to amend the Articles of Confederation. It was the country's first written constitution. -
President George Washington is inaugurated.
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Thomas Jefferson is elected president.
