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This meeting consulted on making a treaty with the French and Native Americans. Benjamin Franklin also made the "Join or Die" flag/painting -
This was the start of one of the first major wars in the United States, it was between the colonists and the French and Indians who were fighting against the British Empire for more land. -
It was a war that happened right after the French and Indian war. Many Native American tribes teamed up to get their land and territory back from the British -
The Proclamation of 1763 was an act when they separated up land between the British and Native Americans -
This was a very angry response by the colonists to the Tea Act. Colonists dressed up as Indians and dumped over a million dollars worth of tea into Boston Harbor. -
The Sugar Act was the first of many ridiculous taxes the British put on the Colonists that taxed Sugar and Molasses imported into the colonies. -
The Stamp Act was a tax that made people pay to put a stamp on any legal document. (Marriage Certificate/Birth Certificate/Newspapers) -
The Townshend Acts taxed anything that was being imported to any colony. This led to an up-riot in the colonist's, making them rebellious. -
The Boston Massacre ignited the Revolutionary War. Several British soldiers were being harassed by a large group of rioting colonists on a late snowy night. 5 of the colonists were killed, along with another 6 wounded. -
Many different colonists came together to talk about the troubles of the British. They first talked about making a list of reports of them catching the British not giving the colonists natural rights. -
This act did lower taxes on tea, but it made the British start a monopoly in the tea business. Many Merchants were affected negatively by the Tea Act. A very high percentage of the colonists then started to boycott tea. -
This was retaliation to the Tea Act from the colonists. Around 130 men dressed up as Indians and dumped over a million dollars worth of tea today into Boston Harbor.
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The British responded to the Boston Tea Party with this. The Intolerable Act is made of five ridiculous laws. One of the most outrageous was the Quartering Act: Housing and feeding a British Soldier for no cost to the Soldier. -
The First Continental Congress had its first official meeting after the initiation of the "Intolerable Acts". Two delegates from every colony (except Georgia) had met up in Philadelphia. They first discussed what to do by reacting to the British. They decided to do more boycotting and prepare for war by starting to form militia armies. -
This was the first battle of The American Revolutionary War. The first shot fired in Lexington is known as "The Shot Heard Around the World". The British were attempting to get the colonist's weapons that were all hidden away in Concord. Some militias were trying to go get the weapons to rehide away from the British. 70 militia fended off 700 British soldiers just in time for the others to get away with the weapons. -
After The Battle of Lexington and Concord, a new congress was formed. Some delegates like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Hancock wanted to just straight up declare independence but, almost everyone else thought they should just go to war. So, they made a Continental Army and elected General George Washington to be the Commanding Chief of the Continental Army. -
Soldiers followed by Ethan Allen went out to Fort Ticonderoga late a night. They took weapons and even some cannons! -
During The Battle of Bunker Hill, the colonists attempted to charge up the Hill multiple times. The British killed over 1000 minutemen. This Battle showed that the Colonists could hold their ground against the British. -
The Olive Branch was a peace treaty that would put the Colonists at peace with the British. King George immediately rejected the idea and said that they had already committed treason to the King and they would all have their heads hanged if they lost the war. -
Thomas Paine published a work of art he had been working on for a while. He had talked about many things in his document, one being not having "self rule" government forces. -
A Young Man named Thomas Jefferson started writing what would give us independence over King George and the British. It is the most famous document in American History -
After Thomas Jefferson had finished writing the Declaration of Independence. He and 55 other delegates had signed this. -
This was the turning point after the colonists took a stunning victory over the British. -
The Colonists showed the French that they could beat the British, they just needed the French to finish it off with them. The French started to send supplies to them but later started sending soldiers and generals like Marquis de Lafayette. -
The Battle of Yorktown was the final battle in the American Revolutionary War. The colonists charged at General Cornwallis, causing them of defeat and retreat. -
The Colonists and the British met up in Paris to sign this treaty of peace. This was the declaration of the United States being a free country.