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Also known as the Seven Years War. Fought between the British and the French. Britain won.
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Treaty after the French and Indian War. France had to give up all of its territories in the New World.
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Made by Parliament. Stated that the colonist could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Passed by British parliament to put tax on sugar and other goods to make up for money lost in the French and Indian War.
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Passed by British parliament to put tax on stamps to make up for money lost in the French and Indian War.
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Parliament passed the Quartering Act, requiring that the colonies house British soldiers in barracks. These barracks were to be provided by the colonist.
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Passed by British parliament saying that the British government had complete and total legislature over the colonies.
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A series of acts put in place to tax the colonies and get money back lost in the French and Indian War.
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British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonist. 5 colonist were killed.
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Passed by British parliament to put tax on tea to make up for money lost in the French and Indian War.
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Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped about 90,000 lbs of tea into Boston Harbour.
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Passed in response to the Boston Tea Party. These acts closed Boston Harbour, made British officials immune to prosecution in Massachusetts, restricted Massachusetts government, and made colonist house and quarter British troops.
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Took place in response to the Intolerable Acts. Militias were set up in the colonies.
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The battles that started the Revolutionary War.
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Appointed George Washington the Commander for the Revolutionary War.
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British defeated the Americans in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, this boosted the confidence of the Americans because they had inflicted many casualties.
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Written by John Dickinson. Sent to King George III in hopes the colonies could be granted the rights they felt they deserved.
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Written by Thomas Paine to argue that the colonist needed to break and be independent from Britian
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Was written by Thomas Jefferson. Declared the United States independent from Great Britain.
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First attack of the Battles of Saratoga. The British attacked from Canada and won, but this costed them many men.
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Second attack from the British 18 days after first. The British had been greatly affected by the first attack, and lost the second and were forced to retreat. This battle is when the French recognized the colonies cause and agreed to join the war.
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Battle in Yorktown, Virginia that ended the fighting in the American colonies.
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Treaty between the United States and Great Britain that ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the United States as independent from Britain.
