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American World History

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    French and Indian war

    The frech and indian war was faught between the british and the french (allied with the native americans) over land on the ohio river.
  • Treaty of Paris 1763

    Treaty of Paris 1763

    The treaty ended the French and indain war and gave britain more land form the french.
  • Proclaimation of 1763

    Proclaimation of 1763

    Prevented the Colonists from settling west of the Appilations
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Lowered the tax on molassis but raised the enforcement.
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act

    Put a tax on all legal documents
  • Declaritory act

    Declaritory act

    Gave parlement power over the colonists legeslator.
  • Townshend dutys

    Townshend dutys

    Taxed lead glass paper and tea
  • Boston Masecre

    Boston Masecre

    British fired amog colonists killing five
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Closed Boston Harbor, alowed the quatering of soldirs in civilan homes and made Gerneral Gadge govener
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    Forced colonist to buy tea from the east indian trading company
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    intoxicated colonist dumped british tea into the boston harbor
  • Common Sense

  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    Frist battle of the revolutinoary war. Britsih go after a colonist stokaed and are frired apon by malitia
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    Revolutionary war

    Americas war for independence from great brittain
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    A British victory , colonoist had a foritfied position on a hill and were only overrun for a lack of ammunition.
  • Oliv branch pettition

    Oliv branch pettition

    Tried to make peace with britan was rejected
  • Seige of Boston

    Seige of Boston

    British beseiged boston bloakading the harbor but were eventually fended off.
  • Decleration of independence

    Decleration of independence

    Colonist declared independence form britain
  • Battle of New York

    Battle of New York

    Washington is badly defeated in on Long Island
  • Battle of trenton

    Battle of trenton

    Washinto Sneek atacks the hessions the day after Christmas
  • Battle of Germantown

    Battle of Germantown

    After a long winter at Vally Forge the colonist went on the offence and attacked the british at Germantown. The colonist were defeated because of their fighting skills.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    The Articles of Confederation served as America's first constitution.
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    Battle Of Charlestown

    Ben Lincoln surrenders 5,000 soldiers to Cornwallis. It was decicily a British victory but the British took heavy losses.
  • Battle of Charlestown

    Battle of Charlestown

  • Battle of Camden

    Battle of Camden

    A major victory for the Brits. Led by Hration Gates, the Colonists were boged down and crushed by Cornwallis
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    Colonist defeat Cornwallice with the help of the frech, who supplied soldiers and blockaed the harbor preventing an escape. This is efectively the last battle of the war.