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The French and Indian war began in 1754 and Ended With The Treaty of Paris in 1763. It was between Great Britain and France to determine control of the vast colonial territory in the USA -
The stamp act was passed in 1765, to help pay for British troops Stationed in Colonies. -
The American Colonies Act 1766, commonly known as the Declaratory Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act. -
Townshend acts was a series of measures passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to American colonies -
The Boston Massacre was when British soldiers shot and harassed a lot of people in Boston and was publicized by Patriots -
The Boston tea party was a Protest by the sons of Liberty -
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. 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 Government. -
The Congress first met in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774, with delegates from each of the 13 colonies except Georgia. -
Parliament passed the bill on March 31, 1774, and King George III gave it royal assent on May 20th -
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" is a quotation attributed to Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia. -
The Midnight Ride was the alert to the American colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord
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July 4th,1776, Thomas Jefferson Signed the declaration of independence
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In 1776, Nathan Hale is executed for being rumored he spied on the British, and was executed
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Burgoyne tried to separate New England, but it failed and he surrendered
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11,000 Soldiers needed to go somewhere, so they went to Valley Forge for Shelter.