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Treaty of Paris ends the war (1754 - 1763)
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Organized King George III's American Colonies. No British settlements were allowed west of the Appalachian Mountains, and those settlers already there were supposeed to come back.
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After protests, the Stamp Act was repealed March 18 of the next year.
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American colonists had to house British troops, and had to feed them.
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5 laws proposed by Chareles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and passed by the British parlament. Their purpose was to raise money in the colonies to pay sallaries of royal governers and judges so they would be independent of colonial rule and better inforce laws and punnish those not obeyying the laws set by England.
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British Red Coats shoot 4 Boston workers after a mob harassed a British Sentry.
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Boston patriots dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the British Tea Act.
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5 acts passed by the British Parliament primarily to punish Boston and Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party. 1 act closed the port of Boston. 1 act enlarged the Province of Quebec.
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First battles of the Revolutionary War. Known as "the shot heard around the world". The mintue men forced British troops back to Boston.
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Although a victory for the British, they suffered heavy looses, including a large number of officers. It was evidence that the colonial forces were willing and able to fight the British Army.
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Representatives from the colonies meet in Philladelphia to express their grievances against King George of England and to declare their Independence.
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Period of time that tested Washington's poorly fed, ill - equipped and exausted army. Proof of George Washingtons great leadership.
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American victory at Yorktown, Virginia, leads to a British surrender and signals the end of the war.
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It ended the Revolutionary War.
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The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation and became the final plan for the government of the United States. It set up 3 branches of government: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial branch.
