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After the French and Indian War, the British wanted to have a peaceful coexistence between the Colonist and the Native Americans so they enacted the Proclamation of 1763. But the Colonists weren't happy about the Proclamation because they wanted more land and people were already in that territory plus they were mad for not having representation in Parliament

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The Navigation Act was a law which stated that the Colonists can't trade with other countries other than England. Before this act the colonies traded with all nations and gained a lot of revenue

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The Sugar act was a tax on all sugar imports. Such as molasses, sugar and rum.

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The currency act was the removal of paper currency from circulation in the colonies because they wanted to protect British merchants from being paid with the invaluable colonial dollars.

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The Stamp act was a tax on all paper materials like cards. They would stamp the paper material and you had to pay for it.

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In the year 1767 parliament levied more taxes on lead, paint, and glass. A popular slogan that was going on was "No Taxation without representation." They said this because they felt that since they had no representation in Parliament they shouldn't be taxed on.

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The Bostonian were upset with the new taxes so they ransacked the Governors house. In response to this the Governor asked for the British help. So they sent 4,000 British Soldiers to Boston to restore order.

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On March 5, 1770 British soldiers fired on Bostonian's. Before they started heckling a lone british soldier and then his buddies back him up. After the civilians started throwing missile objects like rocks, and oyster shells. All of a sudden the British fired on the civilians which caused 5 deaths.

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The Boston Tea Party was when the Sons of Liberty decided to dress up as Natives and board British Merchant ships and threw the tea over board. This was in response to the Tea Act.

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In 1774 the 1st Continental Congress occurred. In was in response to the Coercive act. Which was an act to restore order in Massachusetts and punish Bostonian's for the Boston Tea Party.

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The British tried to disarm the Colonists at Lexington and Concord but they resisted and a armed rebellion and conflict started. The British eventually retreated back to Boston.

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At the Second Continental Congress they appointed George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army which at that point was a semi trained militia group. Also they allocated money towards the Navy and to the Army.

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Bunker Hill was a Battle that occurred North of Boston. It was a shallow victory for the British but I was one of the first battles of the war.

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July 2nd 1776 the colonies declared their independence. Thomas Jefferson wrote the document

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In 1778 France decided to help the Colonies through funding them and sending french soldiers and ships

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In 1781 the combined French and American forces surrounded the British in Yorktown , Virginia. After a long siege and the British not able to escape they surrendered

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After years of war the colonies won their independence in 1783

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The US constitution created the Federalist System and then divided the government into 3 branches.

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After the war in 1787 they decided to make the Federalist System which shares the power between the States and the Federal Government. It also the government into 3 branches.

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The Bill of Rights which was later added to the Constitution. Protected individuals rights and natural rights