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French and Indian war
The French and Indian war happened because the French and the Indians were fighting over the land that the Indians knew that they owned but that they British thought that they had. This war began because the French and the Indians were fighting over the land that was rightfully the Indians so they agreed that whoever wins the battle will get all the land. The reaction of the English was that they wanted to get involved because they also thought it was there land so they did everything that they -
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declaration of independance
Declaration of Independence:
The declaration of independence is a document in which the government signed that said that they are now America and they have their own government. This was made because the colonies were sick of not being their own government and they didn’t want Britain to control their government anymore. When this happed the colonies where so happy to be their own independent country. After this was signed their first president was elected George Washington. -
tea act
Tea act:
What happed is that the English tried to put very high taxes on toys, card games, paper, and tea even though they dropped every tax. The English didn’t drop the taxes on tea because the English knew that the colonists have lots of tea. So they raised the taxes so that the colonists would pay more for the tea so because of the tea tax the colonists started to revolt. This happens because the colonists knew that the British weren’t being taxed for their tea but they knew that they were -
the boston tea party
Boston tea party:
The Boston tea party was planned by the sons of liberty the winter of 1773. The Boston tea party was when a bunch of colonists dressed up as Indian chief and raided the boat that was sitting in the harbor with all of the tea on the ship. And threw off all of the tea of the ship it was millions dollars’ worth of tea into Boston harbor. These colonists threw the tea off the ship because the government in Britain set a really high tax on tea and the colonist thought it was stup -
baro von stuben
Baron von Stewben:
Stewben was a military official who was very successful in life and really helped the army win their battles. -
valley forge
Valley forge:
valley forge was where Washington’s army won from the British will they were there they were running out of food and supplies and were running on barley anything and may die. -
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valley forge
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nathan hale
Nathan hale:
Nathan hale joined the continental army as a spy he tried to spy on Britain but they caught on to him easily and got hanged the next day he is remembered by his bravery. -
crossing the delaware
Crossing the Delaware river:
At night Washington takes his troops across the Delaware river to go to New York to go to Saratoga even though they thought Britain wasn’t going to find them the immediately set up camp and got ready to fight. -
retreat from new york
Retreat from new York:
Washington and his troop were running from the British and they ended up catching up to them in Saratoga where the English and British had a war. This happened during a war. After this the colonists were very happy because they were happy because they won a very important war. -
woman in the government
Woman in the government:
The woman stayed at home when all of the men where in the war and they couldn't make money so they usually went with the men this happen because all the men were at the war. -
saratoga
Saratoga:
Washington won a huge battle at Saratoga very important because it leads to their victory even though all of the soldiers wanted to go home they didn’t. They everyone was so excited because they knew that their husbands were coming home.
