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these acts banned colonial merchants from shipping goods to foreign countries and limited which items could be imported to the colonies.

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Great Britain taxed sugar molasses and rum from other countries, forcing Americans to buy more items from the British West Indies.

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The French and Indian War or the 7-year war was between the French and Great Britain over land in North America. it started mostly because they both wanted the Ohio River but it soon became a bigger war happening all over the world with lots of the fighting done on sea. most of the native Americans sided with the French because they treated them better but some still sided with Great Britain. At the start of the war, the French were winning but after that, The British started having more victories most of them over the sea. In the end, the British won the Long War. The reason it is called the 7-year War in Britain is because even though the fighting lasted 9 years war wasn't declared until

1756 making it 7 years.

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Treaty of paris french and indian war 1763

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Treaty of paris french and indian war 1763

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The Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France, and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, following Great Britain and Prussia's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War. The British received Canada from France and Florida from Spain but permitted France to keep its West Indian sugar islands and gave Louisiana to Spain.

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this recognized the Indian's right to land so after the French and Indian war Great Britain did not allow the colonists to settle west of the Appalachian mountains. and this ruling made the colonists very mad because they had just fought in a long war alongside Britain to win that land and they couldn't settle on it and they didn't like the British soldiers living among them.

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this act made by Britain put a one-penny tax on any paper product requiring colonists to buy a stamp for it

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this act required colonists to quarter, house, and feed British soldiers. the British soldier living in your house had to get the best out of everything. the best food the best bed and they got first pick too. If the soldier hears you talking bad about him or the king he can report it and you can go to jail.

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this act made the colonists pay taxes on imported tea, glass, paper, and many other items to pay for rising military costs due to the Quarting Act.

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Colonists in Boston began to shout insults and throw snowballs at the soldiers. As the mob grew bigger and louder and angrier more soldiers came and even though they had orders not to shoot, they fired their guns and after this deadly riot, 5 people were killed that afternoon.

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this act made the British East India Company the only company allowed to sell tea to the colonies.

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the colonists didn't like the Tea Act or any of the other rules so they went on a British ship filled with crates of tea. the group that did it called the Suns of Liberty went dressed as Native Americans snuck onto the ship and threw all the crates in the ocean causing millions of dollars of tea to go to waste.

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These acts were an effort to keep the colonists from planning other attacks these lost up all trade between Boston and Britain did not allow Town meetings gave Britain control of the colonies of Massachusetts and strengthened the Quartering Act. the port of Boston was closed the trading of goods between the colonists also stopped greatly impacting the economy of all colonies

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The battle of Lexington and Concord in April 1775

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The battle of Lexington and Concord in April 1775

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The War of Lexington and Concord was the start of the American Revolution. The British went to Lexington and Concord to get John Hancock and Ben Franklin and a stash of weapons said to be in Concord. soon news spread of the arrival of these troops so the colonists moved the weapons and Ben Franklin and John Hancock fled Lexington. Once the 700 British troops came, 70 minutemen were ready to fight them at Lexington. The British had ordered the minutemen to leave but then someone shot. (people now call that the shot heard around the world). Nobody to this day knows who shot their gun but at the end of that battle, the British had little casualties and won. after that war British troops made their way to Concord. when they went to Concord 20,000 minutemen were waiting and they managed to win the battle with fewer casualties and make the British retreat back to Boston.

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Declaration of independence july 4th 1776

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Declaration of independence july 4th 1776

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The Declaration of Independence was made by Thomas Jefferson and a few others to break up with Great Britain. The letter explained 27 ways why they wanted to break up with Great Britain it was all because of how badly they got treated. Everybody in the Continental Congress signed it with John Hancock's signature being the biggest.

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George Washington and his troops had to camp in Valley Forge for the winter. it was cold because they had no equipment for the winter. there were lots of diseases and about 2,500 people died and another 2,500 people left. No fighting Happened at this time because it was a rule that you couldn't fight in the winter. at the beginning, there were 11,000 people but at the end, there were 6,000. But they also got stronger.

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Battle of yorktown September 28–October 19, 1781

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Battle of yorktown September 28–October 19, 1781

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Lafayette told them that another French officer admiral de Grasse was sailing from the West Indies to Chesapeake Bay with a fleet of 28 ships a plan to stop the British in their tracks was soon created Admiral de Grasse was told to take his fleet and position them in Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the York River from that point they would be able to keep New British troops from joining Cornwallis and would also keep Cornwallis from leaving the area by ship in the meantime Washington rochambeau and combined French and American force of over 14,000 men Marched towards Yorktown when they reached their destination they fanned out in a semicircle around Yorktown they were joined by 3,000 of de grasses men. on October 14 1781 the British troops awoke to the sight of over 17,000 forces surrounding them on October 17th Cornwall sent a drummer boy and a soldier with a white flag to Washington offering to surrender on October 19th the official paper of Surrender were signed the colonial soldiers and the French soldier stood in line facing each other as they defeated British.

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The Constitution was written by the Constitutional Convention. The Constitutional Convention was written by a group of 50 delegates from the 13 colonies. they had to come up with rules to make the new and weak country stronger. there were problems like representation population and slavery. The original purpose was to amend the Articles of Confederation to form a stronger executive branch of government. This plan was replaced by the delegates' determination to write a new document, the Constitution of the United States.

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The louisiana Purchase was between france and America. America really wanted the land of New Orleans so thomas jefferson sent Robert Livingston and Jame Monroe to ask the french leader Napoleon for New orleans. They offered 10 million dollars for New Orleans but Napoleon was fighting two wars one was with the caribbean and another was with the british. Napoleon needed money for the wars so he said that if they gave him 15 Million dollars they would give us all the territory. Thomas Jefferson made the deal and it soon became known as the Louisiana Purchase which doubled the size of america and made them one of the biggest country's

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In 1802, the king of spain transferred the land in the middle day America to France. in 1803 President Jefferson bought that land from France and the Louisiana Purchase. to learn more about the land that was purchased, thomas Jefferson created the corps of discovery - a team of about 40 people who explored the newly acquired land the corps was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. their goal was to document their journey through maps and journals, paying close attention to the land and resources. in may of 1804 Lewis and Clark and the corps of Discovery began their journey on the Missouri River leaving St Louis and sailing Northwest. Lewis and Clark were worried there would be battles with many Native Americans. some tribes were hostile towards the group. however they were able to make alliances with many Native American tribes. sacagawea a Native American woman joined the corps of discovering the springs of 1805. Sacagawea knowledge of Native Americans culture and her ability to speak two native American languages made her a valuable asset to the group. Lewis and Clark would eventually reach the Pacific Ocean however they did not discover one direct water route that could be led straight to the Pacific from the Mississippi, still the trip was incredibly beneficial. it lasted three years and covered 8,000 miles The members of this expedition discovered the Rocky Mountains and learned about over 200 animals that were new to the Americans and were the first to trade with dozens of Native American tribes that had never met the Americans before. finally lewis and his men drew about 140 of the first maps of most of the Western United States.

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The missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so as not to upset the balance between slave and free states in the nation. It also outlawed slavery above the 36º 30' latitude line.

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the oregon trail was a trail that early settlers used to go west. the oregon trail was very dangerous and there were many diseases and dangers on the trail. people only packed what they could fit in the covered wagons which were not much and these wagons were often pulled by oxes. the trip took about 5 months.

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the start of this act happened in 1839 when the Americans discovered gold in Indian territory. The Americans wanted that gold for themselves so they tried to kick the Indians out. When the Government took their case to the Supreme Court it ruled in favor of the Indians. The Supreme Court said that the only way they could start the "Indian Removal Act" was if the Indians signed a treaty saying they could legally move them. Most of the Cherokee didn't want to move so none of them signed the treaty but then three rebellious tribe members (led by John Ridge) Signed the treaty. When the leader of the Cherokee tribe John Ross found out the three people who signed the treaty he killed them. But it was already too late since the treaty had been signed the "Indian Removal Act Started"

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The trail of tears happened right after the "Indian Removal act" was passed. this was the trail that the Indians used to get to Arkansas from Georgia. this trail took about 800 hundred miles and if someone wasn't keeping up with the group and American would shoot them.

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The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia. It ended with its surrender by the United States Army, beginning the American Civil War. there were no casualties

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President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The proclamation declared that all people held as slaves in the south shall be free.

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The Gettysburg Address is a speech that Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers union soldiers who died at gettysburg.

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Sherman's March to the Sea was an American Civil war plan which Union Major General William Sherman led troops through the Confederate state of Georgia, pillaging and setting the countryside on fire and destroying both military outposts and civilian property.

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surrender at appomattox court house 1865

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surrender at appomattox court house 1865

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The Battle of Appomattox Court House started during the early morning hours of April 9, 1865. By the afternoon of the same day, General Robert E. Lee, commander of all Confederate forces, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant

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surrender at appomattox court house 1865

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he was killed at Ford's Theatre John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln,