United States Civil War

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United States Civil War

• In 1776 the American Revolution was a political
  movement that created a new nation, The United
  States of America, ending British power.

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King George III ascends to the thrown of England.
- 1760 -
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1763

• The Treaty was signed between England and France
  ending the French and Indian War. Canada and the
  continent east of the Mississippi River added to
  Great Britain's growing empire.

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1765

• Parliament passes The Stamp Act as a means to
  pay for British troops on the American frontier.
  Colonists violently protest the measure..

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1768

• October. British regulars arrive in Boston to
  implement customs laws.

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? Boston Massacre (Monument).

• March Four workers shot by British troops
  stationed in Boston. Patriots label the killings
  "The Boston Massacre."

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1773

• December. Massachusetts patriots dressed as
  Mohawk Indians protest the British Tea Act by
  dumping crates of tea into Boston Harbor.They
  dumped 342 chests of British tea, valued to be
  worth more than 10,000 pounds, into the water.

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1774
- 6th President of the Supreme Executive
Council of Pennsylvania.

• January. The Privy Council reprimands Benjamin
  Franklin in London for leaking letters damaging
  to the Royal Governor of Massachusetts.
  September. First Continental Congress convenes in
  Philadelphia.

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1776
All the Officials that signed the doc.
John Adams Samuel Adams Josiah Bartlett Carter Braxton Charles Carroll Samuel Chase Abraham Clark George Clymer William Ellery William Floyd Benjamin Franklin Elbridge Gerry Button Gwinnett Lyman Hall John Hancock Benjamin Harrison John Hart Joseph Hewes Thomas Heyward, Jr. William Hooper Stephen Hopkins Francis Hopkinson Samuel Huntington Thomas Jefferson Francis Lightfoot Lee Richard Henry Lee Francis Lewis Robert R. Livingston Thomas Lynch, Jr. Thomas McKean Arthur Middleton Lewis Morris Robert Morris John Morton Thomas Nelson, Jr. William Paca John Penn Robert Treat Paine George Read Caesar Rodney George Ross Benjamin Rush Edward Rutledge Roger Sherman James Smith Richard Stockton Thomas Stone George Taylor Matthew Thornton George Walton William Whipple William Williams James Wilson John Witherspoon Oliver Wolcott George Wythe

• July 4. Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of
  Independence ratified by the Congress

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1778
The Treaty Of Alliance?

• February. France signs a treaty of alliance with
  the United States and the American Revolution
  becomes a world war.

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1780

• British attack Charleston, South Carolina. City
  falls in May.

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1781

• October 19. A astonishing meeting of American and
  French forces traps Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown,
  Virginia. He surrenders his British army.

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1783
BYE
BYE

• September. A peace treaty is signed between Great
  Britain and the United States.
• December. George Washington gives up command of
  the Continental Army and, to the astonishment of
  foreign observers, returns to private life.

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1787

• In May, delegates from all 13 states arrive in
  Philadelphia to rewrite the Articles of
  Confederation.

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1788
New York
Virginia

• The important states of Virginia (June 25) and
  New York (July 26) become the 10th and 11th
  states to pass the Constitution.

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1791
THEN BECAME!

• December. A Bill of Rights passed by the 1st
  Congress of the United States.

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THE END
By Gregory Bourolias
Mr. Cotey American History