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French and Indian War
The final colonial war between the French, and the Indians. -
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Events of the Revolutionary War
All the events leading up to and during the Revolutionary War. -
King George is King!
King George III ascends to the throne. -
The Stamp Act
An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties. -
The Boston Massacre
A street fight in which many colonists were killed. -
Tea Act
An act to allow a drawback of the duties of customs on the exportation of tea to any of the King's colonies in America. -
The Boston Tea Party
Town people stormed ships and threw approximately 342 chests of tea into the water in anger of the Tea Act. -
Lexington and Concord
Gunshots were fired at Lexington and Concord. Minute Men forced British troops to surrender back to Boston -
Paul Revere's Ride
A silversmith, Paul Revere, took a midnight ride to warn all the colonists that the British were coming to attack. -
Battle at Bunker Hill
One of the largest battles between the British and the Colonists. -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson's Declaration was ratified by the Congress. -
Constitution Signed
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
