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this was the document that helped liberate the United States from the British, the Declaration of Independents was written on July 4, 1776,
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| the stamp act was an act passed by Parliament in 1765 requiring colonist to pay a stamp tax on all British goods, so the colonist took up arms to this and started no taxation without representation. |
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the Boston Tea Party was were colonist gathered together dressed up like Native Americans and dumped all the British tea into the Boston harbor to protest the Tea Act of 1773 |
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| the intolerable act was a law passed by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party by closing the Boston Harbor, the act also made the colonist houses British troops. |
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this was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776 making an influence argument for independence. |
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| the battle of Saratoga was a key decisive American victory in 1777 that was a major turning point in the revolution, prompting France and Spain to enter the war against Britain |
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the battle of Yorktown was an American victory in 1781 that ended the revolution |
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Articles of Confederation |
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the Articles of Confederation was the nation’s first constitution, which was written up in 1777 and created the framework for a loose confederation of state. |
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| Constitution on the United States |
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the plan of government of the United States, drafted by the Constitutional Convention in 1787 to replace the Articles of Confederation. |
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| a body made up of electors from each state who cast votes to elected the president and vice president. |
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