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Prime Minister George Grenville passes the stamp act which required colonists to buy special stamped paper for everything they did.
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Delegates from 9 colonies met in NY to discuss stamp act.
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Parliament repeals Stamp Act but on same day makes it's power known by issuing the Declaratory Acts.
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New method of gaining revenue on American colonies by using indirect tax proposed by Charles Townshend.
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British agents in Boston seized the Liberty, a ship belonging to local merchant John Hancock.
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A armed clash between British Solider's and colonials. Said to be a British attack on defenseless citizens.
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A group of Rhode Island Colonists attack a British customs schooner.
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Parliament passes Tea Act, which forces colonists to pay taxes on Tea.
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They meet in Philly and agree to appoint George Washington as general.
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Really took place on Breed's Hill but called battle of Bunkers Hill. British win, but lose 1,000 men
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2nd Continental Congress sends last chance letter to persuade for peace and a “return to former harmony”
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A document wrote to proclaim that people in the new world should be free of British command
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Washington crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night of 1776 and captured Trenton, NJ.
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British forces under General Howe captured Philadelphia in 1777
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American troops defeated General Burgoyne on October 17, 1777.
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Very low point for Patriots who spent the Winter in cold and horrible conditions.
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von Steuben joins war effort and the moment is starting to go into American favor.
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France recognizes American independence and agrees to help in war effort.
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The British fight the Americans under henry Clintons command and take Savannah, GA easily
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Cornwallis's army is no match for American forces
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General Henry Clinton and Charles Cornwallis sail south with 8,500 men and take Charles Town, South Carolina
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A french army of 6,000 men landed in Newport, RI and lead to going to Yorktown
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British expected to destroy Americans because they thought they outnumbered them but america ended up winning battle
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Congress appoints Robert Morris as superintendant of finance.
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Cornwallis won battle but lost 1/4 of his men in the process.
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Greene had weakened the British, but worried about the fight south so he wrote a letter to Lafayette asking for help.
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Troops were finally paid in specie or gold coin.
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Cornwallis surrendered on October 17, 1781 after 3 weeks of fighting in Yorktown
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Peace talks in Paris begin in 1783.
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Treaty of Paris officially ends war in 1783, Britain agreed to full independence for the colonies.
