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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
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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.
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tax on sugar and molasses.did not affect many, but the idea of taxes was a growing issue
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tax on legal documents, basically every piece of paper used, stamp act congress formed to orginized boycott
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customs officer could search ships at will.few colonistd affected, but merchants felt this was an invasion of privacy
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tax on various house hold.colonist boycott.
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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.
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colonist had to provide food,housing for the british soldiers,hated,but little done
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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.
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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
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not hold town meetings, part of boston closed, first continental congress meets, colonies began to unify
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met in philadelphia, banned all trades with britain until acts were repealed, each colony began training troops, not ready to call for independance.
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met in philadelphia, ban all trade with britain until acts were repealed, each colony began training troops, they were not ready to call independance.
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made cntinental army, started the declaration of independance, opointed george washington to be there general
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700 british troops vs. 70 militiamen were waiting.it was the shot heard around the world
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thomas paine wrote the book to make colonist fight for there independance
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washington and his men spent the long cold winter in the valley forge..pennsylvania troops were desperate in need of food and warm clothing.
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american general horatio gates surrounded burgoyes remaining forces at saratoga, burgoyne surrendered his entire army to the americans.
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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
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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
