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Treaty of Paris
This treaty formally ended the Seven Years War -
Proclimation of 1763
The Proclimation of 1763 made it so no one could settle west of the appalachian mountains -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was passed by britains parliament, It raised the tax revenue on most items -
Quatering act
The Quartering act made it so that british troops had to be housed by the people of he colonies -
Stamp Act
It was a direct tax on the colonies, made by britian. all paper materials including legal documents, magazines, and newspapers had to to be produced on stamped paper -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an incident where british soldiers shot and killed 5 men and wounded 6 more. But due to the tremendous efforts of John Adams the soldiers did not go to jail -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was a law created to try and help the East India Company, and to decrease the amount of smuggled tea -
Boston Tea Party
It was a protest by the Sons of Liberty. Disguised as Native Americans they dumped an entire supply of tea into the boston harbor -
First Continental Congress
Was a convention of delegates from 12 colonies, Georgia was not there. They came together because of the passage of the intolerable acts. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable acts were a series of acts passed by British parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first battles of the Revolutionary War. British troops tried to secretly destroy the Americans military supplies, but the Americans heard about the attack and moved most of the supplies -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill actually took palce mostly on Breeds hill. 1,200 colonial troops occupied Breeds hill. The British atempted three times to win the hill and on the third time they got it. -
Second Continental Congress
It was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that met in Philidelphia. They made the Declaration of Independence and the continental army -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence Is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress which announced that the colonies are now independent states -
Battle of Brooklyn
The Battle of Brooklyn was a major victory for the British. 300 Americans were killed and 1,000 were captured. -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. Its goal was to persuade people to fight for independence in the colonies -
American Crisis by Thomas Paine
American Crisis is a pamphlet series written by Thomas Paine. The pamphelt written to tell about the Revolutionary War -
Battle of Trenton
At the Battle of Trenton George Washingtons army crossed the Delaware River then fought the hessians. Nearly the entire hessian force was captured -
Battles of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga were the turning points of the war. The Americans won and due to that France then made an official alliance with America. -
Winter at Valley Forge
Valley Forge was an army camp where the American army stayed for the winters of 1777 and 1778. 2,500 Americans died from disease during that time. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of paris officially ended the revolutionary war. The British promised to free all their slaves they captured and the Americans promised to give the loyalists their land back, niether happened -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle of the revolutionary war. Lord Corwallis surrendered about 7,000 of his troops. this resulted in the Treaty of Paris which officialy ended the war.
