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It was an intercolonial congress summoned by the British government to create a colonial unity. It was also meant to assure the Iroquois support in the war against the French.
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The Treaty that ended the French and Indian War, forcing the French out of North America and leaving the British with control over the Atlantic to the Mississippi River.
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The Proclamation prohibited the American colonists from settling west, beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
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The first law that was passed to raise tax revenue in the colonies for the crown by taxing molasses and sugar imports from the West Indies.
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The act that angered the colonists the most by taxing any legal document, including playing card. A stamp would be used to prove that the document was paid for.
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Required colonists to provide food and quarters for the British Troops.
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The declaration of British parliament that accompanied the repel of the Stamp Act. Stated the similarities in taxation on the British and the colonists.
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They were taxes on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea. It sparked protests in the colonies.
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An event in which 5 colonists were killed by British troops
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It helped sustain opposition to British policies.
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100 Boston citizens , disguised like Indians, boarded ships and dumped tea over harbor.
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Acts passed in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party, one being closing the Port of Boston.
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A convention where delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met up in Philadelphia to form a response towards the Intolerable Acts. They decided to boycott all British goods.
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First battles of the Revolutionary War that was fought on the outside of Boston. The militia was able to protect their stores of munitions and forced the British to retreat to Boston.
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A convention consisting of a representative group of delegates from all 13 colonies. They drafted the Declaration of Independence and managed the colonial war effort.
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A battle fought between the colonists and the British in which the the colonial militia had to retreat, but at a heavy cost to the British. It was fought on the outskirts of Boston on Breed's Hill (not Bunker Hill).
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An appeasing measure created by the Continental Congress stating where their loyalties lie and trying to end hostilities. King George rejected it and declared the colonies as rebels.
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A pamphlet created by Thomas Paine urging the colonies to declare their independence and establish a republican government. It helped in convincing the colonists that the Revolution was needed.
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It was a formal announcement of the colonies independence drafted by Thomas Jefferson (approved by congress).
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The battle where George Washington surprised and captured German Hessians. It raised the morale of his army, causing them to win a victory at Princeton a week later.
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It was a decisive colonial victory in upstate New York that helped gain French support for the Revolutionary cause.
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It was an encampment where George Washinton's army, that was poorly-equipped, had to spend a freezing winter. During that winter, hundreds of men died and more than 1000 deserted.
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It was the battle where George Washington with the help of the French Army defeated Cornwallis, while the French naval fleet prevented British reinforcements from coming ashore. Cornwallis had surrendered, which was a major loss for the British war effort.
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The peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States ending the revolutionary war. The British finally recognized the American independence and ceded territory east of the Mississippi.
