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Between 1760-1800 American colonists declared themselves separate from the British Motherland. 1754-1763 was the French and Indian War. Then the Proclamation of 1763 was forbidding American Colonists to settle on Native American territory unless they had the rights to purchase and own the land.

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The American Colonists cast off British rule to create a new nation and new form of government.

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The French and Indian War.

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There was interest in maintaining more peace between the colonists and Native Americans. Parliament issued the Proclamation of 1763 which was the Navigation Acts, Sugar Act, Currency Act, and Stamp Act.

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An angry mob clashed with several British troops that led to the deaths of 5 colonists. The news of the Boston Massacre spread quickly.

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The British attempted to unarm the colonists in the townships of Lexington and Concord. The Second Continental Congress chose George Washington to command the semi-trained militiamen besieging Boston in the North. They appropriated money to create a small navy to transform the groups into a Continental Army. Colonists continued to advocate for total independence and full rights. There were fear factors among the colonial elites that would create a social crisis.

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Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence. War was declared but the only disadvantage was that some armies/military were either not trained or didn’t have any people to train.

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The Americans and the French trapped a British army commanded by Charles Cornwallis and the Americans won their war for independence.

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The new US Constitution created a federalist system in which power was shared between the national and state government.

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The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution.