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The French- British conflict over the two expanding empire over North America. The British officer who was also the leader was George Washington.
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People chooseto obey a government as long they guard their natural rights
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Gave British the authority to search colonial ships of buildings that5 were thought to be hiding smuggled goods.
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Britian claimed Canada and most of North America east of the Mississippi River, and Florida. Spain got west of the Mississippi, while France obtained small islands
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Line along the Appalachians in which colonsit were not allowed to cross, but still continued to stream onto Native Lands and ignore the proclamation
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It halved the duty on foreign-made molasses in the hopes that colonists would pay a lower tax rather than risk arrest by smuggling, taxed items that weren't important before,
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Sons of Livberty was a rebellious group that was against the recent taxes added. Sammuel Adams was the leader in boycotting British goods such as tea
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To bind the colonies and people of America in all cases whatsoever. In orther words the Bristish can pass any laws they want in order to keep control
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Would impose a tax on various letters or documents and to show proof that they paid a tax, they would put a stamp on the document. A protest group was created called the Sons of Liberty
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Put taxes on lead, glass, paint, and paper and it was named after Charles Townshed
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Standing infront of the Bristish buildings taughting the british soldiers which erupted into a fight leading to deaths of colonist and british soldiers
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The "Indians" dumped the bristish tea into the harbor of Boston as a statement to the bristish
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The act granted the company the right to sell tea to the colonies free of the taxes that colonial tea sellers had to pay.
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One law shut down Boston harbor. Another, the
Quartering Act, authorized British commanders to house soldiers in vacant private homes and other buildings -
To discuss what messures they will take in fighting
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First Battle of the revolutionary war which resulted in eight minutemen killed and one british soldier killed
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Revere, Dawes, and Prescott go out to warn the colonist of the 700 British soldiers arriving soon
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British troops decide to march back but are met by many minutemen ready to fire and forced british to retreat defeated and wounded
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Representatives met in philadelphia to dicuss their next move. Some wanted to declare independance, while others wanted to make amends with the british.
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The colonial army as George Washington as their leader
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Known as the deadlist battles of the war, the colonist waited until the redcoats came up the hill and shot them making the colonist loose 450 men while the british had experienced 1,000 casualties
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The colonist sent a petition asking the king if the can end the war and have peace but the king refuesd
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Thomas Paine writes a manuscript criticizing the king and the monarchy
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Author, Thomas Jefferson, wrote the document July 4th stating that amerca will be a free and equal country and that they will be freed from Britian
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Loyalist: those who opposed independance
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Happening in New York in the summer 1776, British pushed the colonial army into Pennyslvania since the colonist were poorly trained and unequipt
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Washington led 2,400 troops in a storm across the deleware riverand marched to New Jersey and captured the American capital of Philedelphia
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British officer Burgoynr, realizing that the british were only protecting Philadelphia, they surronded them at Saratoga and were defeated
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Fighting to stay alive in a winter camp but fighting with endurance
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Foreign leaders got french supporters and reinforcments
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Biggest victory in the war when they move south and captue charles town under general cornwallis
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hearing of the british plans, the colonist along with their french allies surrounded the british troops and attacked until cornwallis surrendered
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Gave america its independance and set guidlines as well
