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France vs. Great Britain. After the Treaty of Paris. After the war, France had all of all of North America east of the Mississippi River to Britain.
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An attempt to raise revenue by taxing legal writs, newspaper advertisement, and ships bill of lading. -
Four acts in an attempt to apply authority in the colonies "through suspension of a recalcitrant representative assembly and through strict provisions for the collection of revenue duties.
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A small British army was threaten by mob harassment open fire that killed five people. -
A protest on tax on tea.
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Te justification of the coming of the First Continental Congress. -
A pamphlet by Thomas Paine that put independence on the agenda.
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The Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson and put into motion on July 4th -
When George Washington and the Continental army crossed the Delaware river during Christmas. Doing so, surprised Hessian Garrison at Trenton.
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France was about to declare war on Britain. -
American General that conspired with the British to surrender the fort at West Point, New York.
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Washington’s army and a force under the French Count de Rochambeau placed Yorktown under siege, and Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army of more than 7,000 men on October 19, 1781.
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The Articles of Confederation were written in 1776–77 and adopted by the Congress on November 15, 1777. But, the articles were not fully ratified by the states until March 1, 1781.
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After the British defeat at Yorktown, the land battles in America died out but, the fighting continued in other places. Britain recognized the independence of the United States with generous boundaries, including the Mississippi River on the west. Britain retained Canada but ceded East and West Florida to Spain.