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Britain needed to control money being made from colonies to pay war depts
Colonists became angry and began smuggling -
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Native Americans & French are upset that the English colonists moved onto their land Proclamation of 1763 – illegal for colonists to move West -
Colonists were still angry about previous events Colonists started throwing snowballs at the soldiers and called them names, Shots were fired -
Forced colonists to buy British tea with tax The Sons of Liberty organized a protest against the Tea Act known as the Boston Tea Party -
colonists didn't want taxed tea Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped all the tea of three ships when they brought a new supply to the colonists -
allowed British troops to house in the colonies, and the Americans were responsible for feeding and creating a hospitable environment this angered the colonists, not only did they have to pay more, but it also caused the Stamp Act. -
Parliaments passing of the intolerable acts Organized boycotts of British goods -
British troops learn of the colonists supply of weapons in Concord and go to retrieve it Colony militiamen meet British troops in Lexington and open fire -
violence broke out between Britain and its American colonies The Second Continental Congress voted to raise an army which caused the american revolution to begin. -
caused by how Britain was taxing and mistreating the colonies colonists fought Britain in the Revolutionary War to gain independence. -
when Burgoyne moved some of his troops in an attempt to flank the entrenched American position on Bemis Heights The American victory in the Battles of Saratoga helped persuade the French to recognize American independence and to openly provide military assistance -
lack of organization, food and money shortages plagued the Continental Army throughout the first half of the seven-year-long revolution defeating the British and winning American independence during the remaining five years of the war. -
Was used as a tool to help pay back the British government to help pay for the French and Indian war Colonists harassed tax collectors and protested against the act -
The French and the Americans conspired to capture the British After three weeks of non-stop bombardment, both day and night, from artillery, Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in the field at Yorktown on October 17, 1781 -
recommend changes to the existing charter of government for the 13 states The Constitution of the United States established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens