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The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies.
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King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War
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The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 5 April 1764
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The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed five people while under harassment by locals.
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Tea Act 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the financially struggling company survive. Wikipedia
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The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. Who threw massive amounts of tea into the docks.
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The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods.
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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.
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As an early American hero of the Revolutionary War who later became one of the most infamous traitors in U.S. history after he switched sides and fought for the British.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. It was between the Americans and the British, also called the shot heard around the world.
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The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charleston, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle.
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George Washington was a leader in the american revolution, people thought he was a great commander. Washington proved to be a capable and resilient leader.
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Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States
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The declaration of independence was the act of the 13 colonies to break of with Britain. the 13 at war with Great Britain would regard themselves as thirteen independent states, no longer under British rule.
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It was the battle where George Washington crossed the Delaware river to get the Continental army. It was a huge win for the Americans because they captured 1000 people, and the men knew that they could come back.
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The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a good victory to the Americans over the British in the War. It Also showed that the Americans can fight, Causing the french to join the Americans.
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France a rival of the British Empire secretly shipped supplies to the Continental Army. the Spanish Empire and the Dutch Republic also began to send assistance, leaving the British Empire with no allies.
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The Siege of Yorktown was the Surrender at Yorktown, where German soldiers Battle the Siege of Little town, ending the war on October 19th
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The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War.
