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french and indian war 1754-1763
world wide war between great britain and france, washington almost died.. he had four bullet wholes in his jacket.. by 1760 the british had won... which canada was taken by the french -
proclamation of 1763
british did not allow colonist to settle west of the appalachian mountains, sent troops to protect and prevent crossing the line. british goverment got angry that colonist did not want to pay for protection, 1st time the colonist had hospitallity towards england. -
sugar act 1764
tax on sugar and molasses.did not affect many, but the idea of taxes was a growing issue -
stamp act 1765
tax on legal documents, basically every piece of paper used, stamp act congress formed to orginized boycott -
writs of assisstance 1767
customs officer could search ships at will.few colonistd affected, but merchants felt this was an invasion of privacy -
townshend
tax on various house hold.colonist boycott. -
boston massacre 1770
a big group of people confronted british soliders at the boston customs house... tensions rose and shots were fired killing the first person named crispus attucks. -
quarting act 1770
colonist had to provide food,housing for the british soldiers,hated,but little done -
tea act 1773
tea merchants in the colonies were cut out of the tea trade becasue the british, the east india coopolized,or mpany lowered their tea prices.the company monopolized ,or controlled, tea sales in the colonies. -
boston tea party 1773
the sons of liberty dressed up as native americans and got on a ship and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the boston harbor -
intolerable act 1774
not hold town meetings, part of boston closed, first continental congress meets, colonies began to unify -
1st continental congress 1774
met in philadelphia, banned all trades with britain until acts were repealed, each colony began training troops, not ready to call for independance. -
concord 1775
met in philadelphia, ban all trade with britain until acts were repealed, each colony began training troops, they were not ready to call independance. -
2nd continental congress 1775
made cntinental army, started the declaration of independance, opointed george washington to be there general -
bunker hill 1775
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lexington 1775
700 british troops vs. 70 militiamen were waiting.it was the shot heard around the world -
common sense 1776
thomas paine wrote the book to make colonist fight for there independance -
battle of new york 1776
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winter at valley forge 1777-1778
washington and his men spent the long cold winter in the valley forge..pennsylvania troops were desperate in need of food and warm clothing. -
battle of saratoga 1777
american general horatio gates surrounded burgoyes remaining forces at saratoga, burgoyne surrendered his entire army to the americans. -
battle of yorktown 1781
the final battle of the revoultion this is where george washington capture corn wallace he then made corn wallace sign the treaty of paris 1783 -
treaty of paris 1783
britain claimed all land east of the mississippi river. war was costly,colonist began to settle in the ohio river valley native americans responded by attacking colonist
