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The Treaty of Paris was the the Treaty that ended the French and Indian War. The French loses all of their land in North America to the Mississippi.
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Chief Pontiac lead the Shawnees, Delawares, and other Indian tribes against the Settlers
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The Proclamation Line is the agreement that the British colonials weren't able to settle western of the Application Mountains.
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The Sugar Act was taxation on sugar and molasses, which required colonist to pay 3 pence.
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The Stamp Act required all colonist to purchase taxed stamps, and stamp marks on every piece of legal paper.
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They were warrants for British soldiers to search any property.
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The Quartering Acts require all colonist to house British soldiers and to provide them supplies.
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This law said that the British Government had supreme authority to govern the Colonies.
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These acts tax the goods before they get into the colonies.
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The Boston Massacre was the event that killed 5 colonist do to British soldiers firing at them for taunting and abusing them.
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The Tea act was the act that gave the East India Company total control over all tea sells in the colonies.
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The Boston Tea Party was the act that colonist did to show Britain they weren't buying any of there products.
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These acts were to punish the colonist for the actions of the Boston tea party. They closed there ports, and brought back the quartering acts.
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Every colony was represented to create the Olive Branch Petition to make peace and separate from England.
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The battles were fought to keep the British getting Sam Adams and the weapons. It was the shot heard round the world.
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The battle of Bunker Hill was the a battle the Patriots thought they won do to the fact they killed many British soldiers, even though they lost the hill.
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The petition was the Colonist last effort to make peace and separate from England.
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This was when the congress declared it's official army and that George Washington was declared the General Commander.
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Thomas Paine wrote common sense to sway the undecided people into joining the army to fight the British.
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The Declaration of Independence was when the American colonist in congress declared independence listing their grievances and reasons to separate from Britain.
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The Battle of Trenton was when George Washington crossed the Delaware river on Christmas to lay a surprise attack on the British.
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The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the war because the French saw that America might win this so they went and declared they would help America
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The American soldiers were ill prepared at Valley forge die of starvation, disease and weather, they last an estimated 2500 soldiers.
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The siege placed by American troops lasted 2 weeks on the British army that was surrounded by the French Navy blocking materials for the British, so the British surrendered and this lead to the British ending the war by receding.
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This treaty ended the war by Britain acknowledging that America was a separate country and giving them all the territory east of the Mississippi River, except Canada