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French and Indian war 1754-1763
1.Fought between the England and France.
2.Fought over control of North a America territories.
3.The start of the war was a result of Indian led by George Washington killing a French officer. -
Treaty of Paris 1763
1.Ended theFrench and Indian war.
2.England was determined to be the victor of this war.
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Proclamation of 1763
1.This prevented colonist from moving West of the Appalachian Mountains.
2.Created to stablize relatons between the Native American and the British Empire.
3.This became the frist problem between the colonist and "Mother" England. -
sugar act of 1764
1 This was a tax on sugar and molasses.
2 This act was established as a way of creating revenue for the British Kingdom after the french and indian war.
3This incident incressed the colonists' concerns about the internt of the British. -
stamp act
1.Thia tax placed a tax on all paper goodss including wills and newspapers.
2.The rasult of the act was protest and anger by many colonists.
3.As a resuilt of the boycott and anti-British sentiment in the colonies, parliament formally repeals the stamp act. -
Quartering act
1.The colonist had to provide food and shelter for the British soldiers.
2.Was astablished to save the British Government's money.
3.Colonest did not want to provide shelter for the British sodiers. -
Townshend act
1.Taxed on glass,oil,paint,leadand other house hold items.
2.The colonist boycott through the non-importation agreement.
3.it lead to the boston massacre. -
Writs Of Assistallce
1.The British policy was etsablish allowing customs officers the right to search any ship at any time without telling anyone.
2.This was a court order in 1767.
3.It became a very big deal when it came to the colonist. -
Boston Massacre
1.a ritish mob confronted british soldiers at the boston customs house.
2.Sam Adams used the opportunity to whip up anti-British feeling by calling the event a ''Massacre''.
3.two soldiers were found guilty of manslaughter,six were found not guily. -
Tea act
1.The sons of liberty dumped about 900lbs of tea in to the harbor.
2.One of the most controversial decrees made by the British in the amrican revolution.
3.It was established in1773 by the British Parliament. -
Boston tea party
1.The sons of libery dumped 90,000lb of tea in to the boston harbor.
2.sam adams was inchage of the hole thing.
3.colonis dressed up and helped. -
Intoerable act
1.Colonists could not hold town meeting.
2. Port of Boston closed Reaction/ Result.
3.First continental congress meets.
4. Individual colonie began to unify. -
1st Continental Congress
- Following the Intolerble act of 1774 ,the first Continental congress met in Philabelphia.
- Delegate agreed to ban all trade with Britain until Acts were repealed.
- Each colony was also called on to begin training troops.
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Bunker Hill
1.Miltia waited on the top of the hill and were ordered, "dont fire untill you see the whites of their eyes."
2.This involved patriots fortifying 2 hils overlooking Boston Harbor.
3.The quote was commanded by patriot forces. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
- On April 19, 1775, 700 British Troops reached Lexington.
- British marched to Concord, destoryed military supplies and engaged in a battle where they were forced to retreat.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem coined the phrase ''shots heard around the world'' about the frist shots of the Revolution.
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2nd Continetal Congress
- All the people involved with this met in Philadelphia.
- Some of the main people were John and Samule Adams,Jhon Hancock,Benjamin Franklin,George Washington,and, Patrick Henry. 3.They all agreed to form the Continetal Army and Geoge Washington was chosen as the captan.
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FT. Tinconderoga
1, When a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold overcame a small British garrison.
2.At the fort and the looted, as the personal belongings of the garrison.
3.Cannons and other armaments from the fort were transported to Boston and used to fortify Dorchester Heights and break the standoff at the Siege of Boston. -
Common Sense
- Thomas Paine tried to change public opinion through his publication Common Sense .
- Thomas Paine arguments helped persuade many colonists to support the fight for Independence.
- It was to increase colonial public support for the American Revolution.
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Battle of New York
1.British set forth into the subdue of the colonies.
2.They began the effort by recapturing New York. First, they drove Washington off Long Island; and then, from lower Harlem.
3.The British, then again,was outmanuevered Washington and then, Washington was forced to retreat to New Jersey. -
Declaration of Indepence
- Rather than all delegates agreeing, they formed a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson was chosen to compose the document.
- Declaration is based on the philosophy of John Locke and his idea that people haqbe unalienable rights that government cannot take away.
- 2 weeks later on July 4, 1776, Jefferson had completed most of it, the resolution was presented again and passed and independence was declared.
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Battle of Trenton
- Was a surprise attack where George Washington and the continental army cross the Delaware River.
- Defeated 800 Hessians in December 25, 1776. 3.Americans against Hessians and British troops were led by the amazing, General George Washington against Colonel Rahl.
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Battle of Princeton
1.this was just over a week after the victory at the Battle of Trenton.
2.Geoge Washington and the Cantinenatal Aramy defeated over 300 solders.
3.The Americans had about 7,000 soders and the British had about 8,000 British and Hessians fighting the Americans in this battle. -
Battle of Saratoga
1.This was a truning point in the American Revolution.
2.The Amerians had won in the battle during 1777 led to the french becoming allys against the British.
3.The hero of the Battle of Saratoga was Horatio Gates. -
Winter at Vally Forge
1.This was the site where George Washinton and Continetal army froze.
2.Some of the men died from strvation and frost bites.
3. French volunteer Marquis de Lafayett helped train the continental army. -
Battle of Yorktown
1.british General Lord Cornwallis moved his troops to Virginia to set up camp and wait for reinforcements.
2. The time was right for Washington to set the ulttimate trap. James Armistead was double spy and gave Washington information.
3. his battle became the last major engagement between the British and American/French forces during the American Revolution. -
Treaty of Paris
1.The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America and its allies on the other.
2. Establishing the boundaries between the United States and British North America;
3 .Its territorial provisions were "exceedingly generous" to the United States in terms of enlarged boundaries.
