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The North American war between the British and France also known as the "Seven Years War". -
Restricted colonial trade to England and decreasing dependence on foreign imported goods. -
A tax on anything paper and later repealed. -
A series of British acts that introduced taxes on goods imported. -
The british soldiers fired upon unarmed protestors, Paul Revere calls it the Bloody Massacre. -
The British taxed on tea and the colonists protested by dumping 92,000 pounds of tea into the harbor. -
Laws that punished the colonists after the Boston Tea Party. One of the acts is where they closed down the harbor. -
Great Britain would house their soldiers in colonists homes. -
This is the famous "shot heard around the world" battle. This sparks the start of the American Revolution. -
This was a meeting that appointed that George Washington should be commander of chief of the army. -
This petition prevent a war from happening, it emphasized their loyalty to the british king and their rights. -
This is a 47 page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-1776. Discussing Independence from Great Britain to the people in America. -
A document that announced the separation of the 13 colonies from Great Britain, established by July 4 1776. -
This created the name of the 13 colonies, stated that states had their own power, the combine states were responsible for helping to protect each other from attacks. -
An opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions. -
Took place in Philadelphia and the people decided how America was going to be governed.