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| American Revolution Era, 1775 - 1783 |
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[image]Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation |
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*Adoption of the Declaration of Independence
*Main Author: Thomas Jefferson
*Committee Included: Ben Franklin, John Adams, Roger Livingston
*“Common Sense”
Written by: Thomas Paine |
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| Causes of the American Revolution |
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· Proclamation of 1763
· Stamp Act
· Intolerable Acts
· Mercantilism
· Lack of representation in Congress
British economic policies following the French and Indian War |
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| *British Parliament law; colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains, *Britain wanted a buffer zone between the colonists and the Native Americans, but the colonists wanted to settle the fertile Ohio River Valley |
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