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George Washington was the first president of the united states. During the French and Indian war, he became the commander of all Virginia with the objective of protecting the western frontier. As the president he remained neutral in the war between Britain and France.

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The Boston Tea Party was an event/protest where people dropped shiploads of tea into the ocean. The reason people did this was because they wanted to protest a British tax on tea. This was important because all of this tension is what lead to the Revolutionary war later on.

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This act required certain printed materials such as legal documents and newspapers to carry a stamp showing that the tax had been paid to Britain. There was a lot of opposition against this act. Because of all the opposition, the act was revoked in 1766, which ended the immediate crisis

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In January 1776 Thomas Paine published a document called the Common sense. Thomas Paine believed that everyone had rights which were to govern their own affairs, and to separate from the rule of the Monarch. George Washington also said that the "common Sense" was working a powerful change in the minds of men. It also sold more than 100,000 copies.

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The Declaration of Independence July 4th 1776

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The Declaration of Independence July 4th 1776

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The Declaration of Independence contains important legal and political ideas. Thomas Jefferson was drafted to help create the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration also states that a government that fails to uphold the ideals of liberty could justifiably be overthrown by the people.

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Thomas Jefferson was the Author of the Declaration of Independence, and was a really important person during the American Revolution. He was heavily influenced by the Enlightenment thinkers John Locke, Francis Bacon, and Isaac Newton. Since he was a founder of the United States, he went from being the governor of Virginia to being the Secretary of State of the United States.

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The French supplied arms and money to the rebels. The French granted diplomatic recognition to the United States after the British Defeat. When Spain and the Dutch republic entered the war, the British faced war with the Europeans as well as Americans.

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After overthrowing British rule, the former colonies feared the power of a strong central government. The states' first constitution, The Articles of Confederation created a weak central government that lacked the power to deal with the nations problems. In 1787 delegates met in Philadelphia at the Constitutional convention to revise the Articles of Confederation.

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The Constitution created a federal system in which the national government and the state governments shared power. It stated that a president served as the head of the executive branch, which is why it could be referred to as presidential democracy. The legislative branch consisted of elected representatives in two houses.

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The new congress proposed 12 amendments to the constitution. The states approved 10 of the amendments which were then called the Bill of Rights. These 10 amendments guaranteed freedom of religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly.

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