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The French and Indian War provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, -
The Albany Congress was a meeting of representatives sent by the legislatures of seven of the 17 British colonies -
It required that future land purchases be made only by government officials in a public meeting -
after the British Parliament passed the “Stamp Act” the british started attacking and causing riots even as far as to boycott the british goods. -
The Townshend Acts or Townshend Duties, were a series of British acts of Parliament passed in an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right to exert authority over the colonies. -
a formal collective decision made by Boston based merchants and traders not to import or export items to Britain. -
after a confrontation from boston one officer, Four civillians, Eight soldiers were arrested and charged for the murder of 5 colonists. -
HMS Gaspee was a British customs schooner that enforced the Navigation Acts in and around Newport, Rhode Island, in 1772. -
The Tea Act 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. -
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts -
The First Continental Congress convened in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, -
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
The Continental Congress commissioned George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army -
In the Revolutionary War, the British defeated the Americans. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost during the Siege of Boston. -
On January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published his pamphlet Common Sense, a persuasive argument for the colonies' political and economic separation from Britain.
Common Sense cites the evils of monarchy, accuses the British government of inflicting economic and social injustices upon the colonies, and points to the absurdity of an island attempting to rule a continent. -
By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence. -
Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight winter encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War. In September 1777, Congress fled Philadelphia to escape the British capture of the city. -
soldiers under the command of General George Washington defeated a force of British troops near Princeton, New Jersey. -
between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.