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a conflict in north america from 1754 to 1763 that was a part of a wold wide struggle between france and britain; britain defeated france and gained french canada.
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the 1763 treaty that ended the french and indian war; britain gained all of north america east of the missisppi river
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was the war against king gorge the third
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a law passed by parliament in 1764 that placed a tax on sugar, molasses and other products shipped to the colonies also called for harsh punishment of smugglers.
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The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on
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On this day in 1765, Parliament passes the Quartering Act, outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the
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The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America
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The writs of assistance again drew public attention with the enforcement of the Townshend Duties in 1767. Courts continued to uphold the constitutionality of the
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The Boston Massacre, called the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men
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The Act, which received the royal assent on May 10, 1773, contained the following provisions: The Company was eligible to be granted licence to export tea to
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Victory in the French and Indian War was costly for the British. At the war's conclusion in 1763, King George III and his government looked to taxing the American
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The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve British North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774,
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The Intolerable Acts was a name used to describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775
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Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775
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The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia
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In 1775, Fort Ticonderoga's location did not appear to be as strategically important as it had been in the French and Indian War
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The Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775 part of the American Revolution war of independence,
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Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution
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The New York and New Jersey campaign was a series of battles for control of ... First landing unopposed on Staten Island on July 3, 1776,
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The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies
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The Battle of Trenton took place on December 26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, after General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware
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The Battle of Princeton (January 3, 1777) was a battle in which General George Washington's revolutionary forces defeated British forces near Princeton
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The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American War
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Valley Forge in Pennsylvania was the site of the military camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777–1778 during the American revolution and most of soldiers died
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The Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Yorktown, or Surrender of Yorktown, the latter taking place on October 19, 1781,
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The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America