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Britain and France were fighting over the Ohio River Valley in the French and Indian War.
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King George ||| issued a Proclamation to say that the British colonies can't move to the other side of the Appalachian Mountains.
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First the king taxed sugar and the colonists refused to buy it. Then he taxed stamps and they refused to buy anything printed like newspapers, playing cards etc.. Then he placed taxes on lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea. They also refused to buy that stuff.
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They tricked the colonists into thinking that the British Soldiers are going to massacre the colonists but they only killed 5 people.
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Colonists dressed up like Mohawk Indians and dumped $1,000,000 worth in today's money into the harbor.
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The First Continental Congress is a group of people that made a list to the King of all the things he was doing wrong.
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The Battles at Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of a long war between the 13 colonies and Britain. "One if by land, two if by sea"
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The second Continental Congress was called to meet in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775. They decided what the colonies should do.
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The Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought on Breeds Hill. The colonist would have won but they ran out of gun powder. Israel Putnam said " Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"
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We declared independence in 1776. We wrote a list of all the things the king was doing wrong. We fought four 7 years and the peace treaty was signed in Paris, France.
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Valley Forge was an American Headquarters in Pennsylvania. It was made to attack and retreat faster. At Valley Forge men were eating their shoes because they were starving.
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The Battle of Yorktown was where the colonists finally won their independence. They defeated British soldiers and were shocked that they actually won.
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The Treaty of Paris was when American Colonists met up with people in England to officially end the war.
