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The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years' War, was a global conflict and ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by France, Great Britain, and Spain.
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The American Revenue Act, also known as the Sugar Act, was a act that was passed down by the British Parliament of Great Britain on April 5th, 1764.
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The Stamp Act was passed down by the British Parliament. It was a new tax that was imposed on all of the American Colonists and forced them to pay the taxes. If you used paper, news paper, licenses, or anything else that was publications.
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A angry mob of Americans gathered up at the Custom House in Boston and begins taunting the British soldiers that were guarding the building. The protesters, known as the Patriots, started to throw stuff at the soldiers. One soldier fired at them and killed 5 people.
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The Tea act was passed by the Parliament. They granted the British East Indian Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in American colonies.
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It was designed to punish the inhabitants of Boston, Massachusetts for the incident that happened that became known as the Boston Port Act.
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The Parliaments created the Quartering Act of 1774 to allow soldiers to board in occupied homes.
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At the Third Virginia Convention, held in St. John's Church, to discuss with relations with Great Britain. Patrick Henry's Speech is one of the most important speeches every in history.
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It was the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge, near Boston.
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Early in the Revolutionary War, the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial force inflicted significant casualties against the enemy.
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George Washington was a leader of the revolutionary moment in Virginia, a former commander of Virginia's frontier forces, and a British colonial army officer, was commissioned "commander-in-chief" of the army of the United Colonies,
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On 1776, writer Thomas Paine writes Common Sense. He was setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence.
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The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House..
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The Battle of Ticonderoga was a British approach that forced a small French garrison to withdraw.
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The two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces.
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The American victory caused a reversal of British policy toward Americans.
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The Siege of Yorktown, or known as the Battle of Yorktown, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops.
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The Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the Siege of Little York, ending at October 19, 1781.
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The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated at the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American Independence.
