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the Proclamation Line prohibited American colonists from going on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War -
The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on papers, documents, and playing cards. -
a riot in Boston which then someone yelled "Fire".The crowd pressed on the soldiers and shots were fired by the Redcoats. -
American colonists were mad over the tea tax. They believed the Tea Act was a tactic to gain colonial support for the tax already enforced. -
American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” -
four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. -
At Lexington Green, the British were met by approximately seventy American Minute Men led by John Parker. At the North Bridge in Concord, the British were confronted again, this time armed colonists. Red coats were forced to march back to Boston with the Colonists firing on them all the way. -
Ethan Allen Captured the fort Ticonderoga. Known as the leader of The Green Mountain Boys. -
Americans were defeated by the British. -
Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. First work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain. -
It was adopted on July 4, 1776, by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House -
general George Washington won the battle in the open field. -
Americans defeated the British, Lifted the patriots moral. -
General George Washington moved the Continental Army to Valley Forge. -
Americans surprised the British in Yorktown, Won the battle of Yorktown -
British land and sea campaign that cut off and forced the surrender of Charleston.