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The French and Indian war was between France and England. They were fighting because both wanted land. The French wanted to expand south and the British west.
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The Treaty of Paris was when the French and Indian war stopped. It said that we Americans couldn't settle past the Appalachian Mountains.
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That was when the colonies couldn't settle past the Appalachians Mountains. Only experienced traders could go past.
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The sugar act was one of the taxes England but on the colonies. It was when the colonists had to pay for their molasses and sugar.
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The Townshend act was yet another tax. It was a tax the that British soldiers could live in the colonists houses. It was also known as the Quartering act.
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The Boston was literally the first battle of the American revolution. People have different perspective on how it happened. All I know is that Redcoats and Colonists were shooting.
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The Tea act was one of the taxes made by the British. It taxed the tea. That act lead to the Boston Tea party.
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The Boston Tea party was when the colonists dumped all the tea. It was response to the tea act. They wasted lots of English tea.
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The Intolerable act was to reimpose strict British control. It just was to tell the colonists who was the boss.
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The 1st continental congress was when 12 of the 13 colonies representative. They talked about how they did not like the king. It didn't do that much politically, but it was important.
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The Second Continental Congress was basically the start of our Independence. It was what got us the Declaration of Independence.
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Common Sense was basically the Declaration of Independence. It was to persuade the colonists to join the United States.
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Concord and Lexington was the first battle of the American Revolution. Paul Revere rode through the colonies and stopped in Lexington. That's where the battle began.
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So the British were advancing on the colonists. The colonists finally fired, making the British retreat. But obviously the British came back in there lines.
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This is right before the battle of Trenton. George Washington had to cross the icy Delaware. It was rough since they had to get cavalry over.
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The Battle of Trenton was when the colonists attacked the German on December 25. That was the first victory of the colonists.
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The Declaration of Independence was when we had Thomas Jefferson write our Independence. It was the day when we Declared that we were no longer part of New England.
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Valley Forge was a camp for the Americans during the Revolutionary war. They stayed there over winter.
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The battle of Saratoga was when the Americans were winning more. So the French decided to help them.
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The Siege of Yorktown was the last battle of the Revolutionary War. It was when both sides were just tired of fighting so England surrendered. That was it.
