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1754:  Albany Plan on Union is drafted by Franklin, stating that each colony should send delegates for a Grand Council to create an army and make taxes.  However, the assemblies didn't like that idea.

1764:  The Currency act is passed, banning paper currency from ALL of the colonies. Paper money had to replace gold and silver because there weren't many of those precious metals on that land.

1765:  There are now taxes affecting documents, playing cards, etc.  It's not touching exports and imports, but rather activities inside the colonies.
Quartering act allowed British Soldiers to stay at inns, stables, and unused houses.

1765:  Colonists begin to protest having so many taxes issued without at least knowing about them first.

1769:  Boston Riots occur after Hancock's ship was confiscated for disregarding trade laws.  These people are enraged and make more riots while more soldiers are being stationed there.

1770:  The Boston Massacre happens after soldiers fire into a crowd of Colonists throwing snowballs and clamshells at them, killing 5 rioters.
During the trial afterwords, Adams defended them, allowing 7 soldiers to be free and 2 to be punished.

1773:  The Boston Tea Party  is created by colonists protesting the new Tea Act, and they throw the tea overboard.

1774:  The Intolerable Acts are passed, infuriating the colonies and making them thirst for independence.
The First Continental Congress is assembled, showing that the colonies can act as one.

1775:  Paul Revere rides on his horse and alerts people that the British are coming.
George Washington is appointed as general and commander in chief of the Continental Army.

1776:  In New Jersey, women take advantage of rights to "all free inhabitants" so that they can vote.  In 1807 the voting is closed to them once again.
Betsy Ross helps make a flag, and she convinces the Secret Committee to use 5-pointed stars instead of the 6-points that the English have been using.
Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on his own, and on July 4, it is adopted.

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Strengths and Weaknesses of both Britain and U.S.

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Strengths and Weaknesses of both Britain and U.S.

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Strengths:
Britain-
- Had a large navy and tens of thousands of Loyalists, Mercenaries, and Soldiers.
-  Soldiers were armed with bayonets attached to muskets.
- Population of Britain was thrice the population of U.S.
-  Had the wealth to purchase supplies and pay soldiers handsomely.

Colonies:
- Had amazing politicians such as Adams and Franklin and amazing warriors like Washington.
-  Lots of help from France, Spain, and Holland.
- Many colonists were well-acquainted with rifles, so they could easily snipe the British before battles.

Weaknesses
Britain:
-  Confidence of the British generals was through the roof, but skills were beneath ground level.
- They were too far from home, and there was too much land for them to even try to tame the angry colonists.
-  They saw the colonists as British citizens, and never actually had the heart to squash them.

Colonies:
- Each colony had a badly organised government, and they couldn't rally effectively against the British.
-  There was a lack of supplies.  In example, they used took apart statues of the king to create ammunitions.
- Colonists were inexperienced as soldiers, and since many of them had farms they would often leave to take care of those farms.

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2 Things that I learned from John Adams 

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One of the things that I learned from John Adams was about the Boston Massacre and the trial after.  Instead of going with popular opinion and persecuting the British Soldiers without a trial, Adams chose to defend them because he did not want to live in a country where not everybody could have the right to a fair trial.

Another fascinating fact about John Adams portrayed in the show was how Adams was not into getting independence with everyone for a while. Everybody else wanted to fight for their freedom from Britain, but Adams wanted to smooth things out with the British and be diplomatic. However, he ended up joining the movement for gaining independence after the British courts decided to overturn the American courts' decision regarding the Boston Massacre.

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Daniel Shays, a farmer and a former war hero, led a rebellion attacking the courts of the US.  His fellow insurgents were other farmers and war heroes, who were out to show that the States needed something other than that loose "league of friendship" to hold them together. In Massachusetts especially, money was being sucked out of the farmers by the state government for its own support, and there was no main national government to hold them back.  The attacks on the courthouses and the situations that instigated him proved to the people that the new country needed an actual constitution and a central government to regulate state governments.

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The Articles of Confederation was a loose connection between the states described as "a firm league of friendship".  While they were together as a country, each state was highly independent and had its own government.  Since there was no central government, there was nothing to truly hold the states together.

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1.  There were 56 signers on the Declaration of Independence.
2. For 2/3 of the Declaration, the focus was on the grievances caused by King George III.

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1.  The colonists were upset with having to pay taxes even though they weren't represented in the king's legislature.
2.  British soldiers stayed in the colonies after the French and Indian war and boarded the houses of the colonists.
3.  In the Boston Massacre, British Soldiers had taken the lives of 5 people in an unruly crowd, infuriating the colonists.
4. The Crown passed the Intolerable Acts, causing Massachusetts the ability to govern itself.
5. Restricted trading acts eventually forced all trade to and from the Colonies to be solely with Britain, giving colonists the feeling of oppression in the world of trade.

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1. Royal Colonies: Royal colonies are the colonies that are directly controlled by the ruler of the imperial country. In North America, these colonies were New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Georgia.
2.  Proprietary Colonies:  The colonies were owned by people elected by the king, so they made up the policies governing these lands.  These were Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
3.  Charter Colonies:  The colonists were given a charter that allowed the colonists themselves to rule the land as they saw fit.  These were Connecticut and Rhode Island.

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1. The declaration of independence  was written in 1776.
2. All 13 colonies declared independence from Britain. These were New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
3. The opening paragraph addresses the necessity for people to let go of their ties to political power, especially if it's separating them from God's and Nature's powers.
4.  Thomas Jefferson did most of the writing, but he had co-authors:  Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman.
5. The "unalienable rights" specified in the Declaration are Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness.
6.  Usurpations are the acts of illegally seizing the property of someone else.
Despotism is absolute control and the exercise of that absolution.
7. The editors of the Declaration were Benjamin Franklin and John Adams.
8. The King refused follow the law of the land, he didn't let other laws that absolutely needed to pass come into existence, had his legislature meet in odd and uncomfortable places so that they would have no choice but to approve what he wanted approved, refused to have his legislature replaced at necessary times, and made the judges dependent on his desires.
9.  The last sentence of the Declaration of Independence means that all people shall honor each other's lives and rights.
10.  Robert Alexander, Andrew Allen,  Stephen Crane, Lyman Hall, and Benjamin Harris were all members of the Continental Congress during 1775-1777.
11.  The Declaration of Independence was not only written as a product of the American Revolution, but it also reinforced the notion that the U.S. was to remain independent of Britain.
12. Jefferson wrote the Declaration in order to reaffirm the ideal of rights, fairness, and freedom. Also, he was the best writer with the least enemies in all of Congress at the time, so the people would be more willing to accept it from him

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2 Things that I learned from John Adams 

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One of the things that I learned from john adams was about the Boston Massacre

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5 Interesting Facts about the Declaration of Independence!

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5 Interesting Facts about the Declaration of Independence!

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1.  Robert Livingston, one of the writers, never signed the Declaration because he believed that it was still too early to formally declare independence.
2. John Adams believed that July 2, 1776 was going to be "the most memorable epocha in the history of America," as this was the day independence was declared.  The Declaration was written two days later, and it wasn't until August that it was actually signed.
3. Jefferson wanted to condemn slavery in the Declaration even though he had slaves himself, but the others didn't want to do that.  The official Declaration doesn't have it, which upset Jefferson.
4. NINE of the people who signed the Declaration of Independence died before the Revolution was even over in 1783.
5.  The Declaration was officially read on July 8, 1776 in Philadelphia.  The bell on the steeple near the location of the reading is known as the "Liberty Bell", but there is plenty of evidence against it ringing on that day.

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1754- Benjamin Franklin drafts the Albany Plan

1756- French and Indian War Ends. England signs a peace treaty with France ending the Seven Year War.

1764- Parliament passed the Sugar Act.

Oct 1764-Massachusetts House of Representatives   approves a petition to King George lll protesting the Sugar Act.

October 18/31- Rhode Island and New York arguing to exempt from taxes not levied by its own representatives.
North Carolina Debates Tax rights, NC joins the chorus of colonial objectors.

1765- Stamp Act passed by the Parliament.

Aug 1765- Bostonians protesting the Stamp Act attacks the home of Massachusetts.

Dec 17650 Colony objects to all Parliamentary taxes issued with out their consent.

1768 -ostonians riot after royal troops seize John Hancock's ship Liberty for violating trade laws. From this point, British troops will be continuously stationed in the city

1770 Boston Massacre -A group of Bostonians—armed with snowballs—harass some British troops in the city. The altercation escalates until the troops shoot five of the men dead, including Crispus Attucks, a runaway slave of mixed African, Native American, and white ancestry who had been working as a sailor. The attack generates outrage among the colonists, who come to call it the Boston Massacre.

Mar 1770- Paul Revere prints one of the effective propaganda pieces that will become the American Revolution.

1770 Apr- Boston Massacre Trial.John adams defend the men in court

1773- First Slave petition

May 1773 Tea Act -parliament passes the Tea Act, which will later spark a rebellion in Boston

Dec 16, 1773 - the tea is unloaded but consigned to warehouses for three years; colonists later sell it to finance the Revolution. In New York and Philadelphia, the tea ships are turned back at the port and forced to return to England. Nonetheless, many colonists—including Ben Franklin—condemn the Tea Party as a frivolous destruction of property and call for Bostonians to refund the £15,000 value of the te the tea is unloaded but consigned to warehouses for three years; colonists later sell it to finance the Revolution. In New York and Philadelphia, the tea ships are turned back at the port and forced to return to England. Nonetheless, many colonists—including Ben Franklin—condemn the Tea Party as a frivolous destruction of property and call for Bostonians to refund the £15,000 value of the tea.

Sep 1774- First Continental COngress, Georgia assemble in Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress.

Apr 18, 1775 Paul revere's Ride warns people about the British coming.

May 1776- 'British Retreat from Boston

Jun 11, 1776 - Thomas Jefferson begins drafting the Declaration of independence

Jun 12- 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights

Aug 1776 Delegates Sign Declaration of Independence- a. John Hancock representing Massachusetts, signs first (and, famously, with the largest signature) as president of the Continental Congress.

Sep 28 1781- A French fleet of some 3,000 soldiers under Admiral de Grasse has sailed up from the West Indies and combined with army forces under the command of George Washington and the French Comte de Rochambeau

1783- The Treaty of Paris  is signed, ending the Revolutionary War. England recognizes the United States as a free and independent country. The two nations resolve the territorial boundaries in the Great Lakes region

1783- British Leave New York British troops leave their stronghold in NY