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France and Great Britain were fighting for the control of the Ohio River Valley in North America. Great Britain won the war but went into a great debt fighting it. This debt lead them to tax the colonists heavily creating the first major dispute between the colonies and the crown. -
The act required by colonists to pay taxes represented by a stamp. They used various forms of paper, documents and playing cards. -
The British soliders are accused of firing into a crowd of volatile colonists. Killing 5 colonists and injuring 6. This event angered the colonists. -
Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats, and embarked on a lengthy war to earn their independence.
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The declaration of independence was signed on July 4th, 1776. The 13 colonies severed their political connection with Great Britain. They declared independence. -
Valley Forge was a naturally defensible plateau where the army could train and recoup from the year's battles in Pennsylvania. -
Victory at Yorktown led directly to the peace negotiations that ended the war in 1783 and gave America its independence. -
The treaty of Paris ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.