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French and Indian war
when France expanded into into Ohio river valley that repeatedly brought conflict with the British colonies -
Sugar Act
A parliament was passed to tax molasses -
The Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot 3 people and fired at a crowd of colonists. -
the tea act
The tea act was the last straw for the colonists. This was a tax imposed on the colonists and taxed tea, paper, oil, glass, and lead. -
Battle of Saratoga.
This battle got the colonists pumped up cause they won and before now they weren't doing to hot. -
The Boston tea party
The colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians and pranked the British people by sneaking on they're ships and dumping the imported tea into the harbor. -
Boston Port Act
it was like a punishment to the colonists for the Boston tea party -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
the first war in the American revolution faught between the towns of Lexington and concord -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British won this battle -
George Washington is Named Commander in Chief
The Continental Congress selected George Washington as Commander in Chief on June 19, 1775. Washington was selected because of his previous military experience. -
Thomas Pain wrote Common Sense
He wrote a book called common sense and it was so plainly written that the common people could read and understand -
The Quartering Act 1774
The quartering act was when the king made the British soldiers stay in the homes of the colonists. -
Declaration of Independence is written and signed by delegates in the Continental Congress
Thomas Jefferson, john Adams, and Ben Franklin wrote the deceleration of independence. -
Patrick Henry's “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” Speech
Henry presented a proposal to organize a volunteer company of cavalry or infantry in every Virginia county -
Battle of Yorktown
In 1781,American force of Colonial and French troops battled the British Army at Yorktown, -
Battle of Ticonderoga
Ticonderoga was the first American victory of the Revolutionary War -
Alliance is Made between the Rebels and the French.
in 1904, Britain and France sign an agreement -
General Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at Yorktown
general George Washington instructed the Marquis de Lafayette, who was in Virginia with an American army of around 5,000 men