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French & Indian War
A war between Britain and France, and Britain wins and gets most of North America. This causes Britain to put taxes on the American Colonists to pay for the war. -
The Quartering Act of 1765
This law made American colonists provide shelter and food from the British soldiers that came across the sea to "protect" them. This incited people because the colonists didn't think they needed the soldiers in the first place. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act makes it so that the colonists have to pay a tax every time they want to use even a piece of pay. This also included legal documents, magazines, playing cards, and newspapers. -
The Boston Massacre
Soldiers that had been staying in Boston fired upon and killed 5 civilians who were harassing them without orders. This was important because it was the first bullet that was fired in the American Revolution. -
The Boston Tea Party
A bunch of American colonists dressed up as native Americans and threw 92,000 pounds of British East India company tea into the Boston Harbor in protest to the Tea Act, which forced people to buy the companies' tea. This was important because it started more conflict. -
Intolerable Acts
Laws passed to intentionally hurt the colonists after the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Port Act, the Administration of Justice Act, the Massachussets Government Act, the Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act, are all of the intolerable acts. -
Lexington and Concord
The first military engagement of the Revolution. This is where the "shot that was heard around the world" was fired, and where the violent part of the war pretty much started. -
Declaration of Independance
The Declaration of Independance declared that the thirteen American colonies. The colonies split apart from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Saratoga
A British general named John Burgoyne led a large army southbound trying to find a revolutionary force to fight. They fought twice below the city of Saratoga, New York. -
Siege of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, was a victory that was not only fought by the American Continental Army led by George Washington but also an army of French Army troops led by Comte de Rochambeau. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was was signed by King George III of Great Britain, and it ended the American Revolutionary War. -
The Constitution
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land. -
The Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments, also known as the Bill of Rights, guarantee a certain amount of rights to the colonists.
