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american revolution
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French and Indian War (7 years war)
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StampAct
required all americans to pay a tax on the printed papers and leagal documents such as ship papers, licnses, news papers, as well as other publications and even playing cards. -
Stamp Act Congress
representatives from nine of the thirteen colonies attended a meeting in New York. This meeting is the beginning of unity amoung the states. -
Boston Massacre
also know as the Boston Riot an uprising in which british red coats killed 5 civilian men -
Boston Tea Party
colonist boarded three british ships carrying taxed tea that refused to leave boston harbor and destroyed all merchentdise by unloading it into the harbor. -
2 Quarterin Act
adopted as part of the intolerable acts, this particular act cause for coloinest to house british soldiers if suitable quarters were not avaliable -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
troops sent into concord to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams where surprised by fore warned minutemen -
American Revolutionary War (began)
The Revolutionary War officially began with the Battle of Lexington and Concord. -
Declaration of Independence aproved (by the second congress)
this document severed trhe colonies ties to the british crown -
Treaty of Paris
this treaty officially ended the american revolution and declared the U.S. as independent from Great Britain.
