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http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/zenger/zengeraccount.html
The trial of John Peter Zenger, a German immigrant printer, was the beginnings of free press in America. -
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/albcon.htm A meeting held between the British and the Iriqois to try to solidify a colonial agreement for mutual defense against the French. Nothing came of this meeting.
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http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_sevenyears.html A war in 1754 between the British, French, and Spanish colonists for the Ohio valley. This period marked a flurry of diplomatic changes among the European nations.
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http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_sevenyears.html A war that resulted from poor relations between the British and the Bourbons (French and Spanish), that was fought in Europe and America.
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http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h598.html Influenced by "The Delaware Prophet", Indian leader Pontiac led a group of Indians against the British; this was a manifestation of rising tension between the British and the Indians.
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http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/paris763.asp Established boundaries for the European colonists.
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.htm
The British placed a tax on sugar coming into the Americas. -
http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm
The British placed a tax on paper in the colonies; this money was used to pay for defense of the colonies. This tax offended the colonists because it set a standard for taxes. -
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/declaratory.htm
This British act made all decisions made in the colonies subordinate to decisions made by the British. -
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/parliament-repeals-the-stamp-act
Parliament repealled the Stamp Act, and then enacted the Declaratory Act the same day. -
http://www.bostonmassacre.net/
A mob of Bostonian colonists pushed British soldiers to violence that served as fuel for the revolution. Several colonists were killed. -
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htm
The British made tea cheaper in an effort to save the British East India Company, but instead set of a chain reaction that would lead to revolution. -
http://www.boston-tea-party.org/
Several Boston colonists, dressed as Indians, ransacked a British tea ship and threw thousands of dollars worth of tea into Boton Harbor. -
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/intolerable.htm
Boston Port Act- Port is closed to colonists completely.
Administration of Justice Act- Rioting colonists would be tried by a British administration.
Massachusetts Government Act- The British have full control over the colony opf Massachusetts.
Quartering Act- Soldiers are quartered in private homes.
Quebec Act- British government in Canada. -
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/congress.htm
A congress of all colonies except Georgia to discuss and debate colonial grievances and concerns. -
http://www.ushistory.org/us/11c.asp
British soldiers attempting to capture colonial leaders at Lexington and gunpowder at Concord met resistance at both cities, and were fired on during their march back to Boston. -
http://www.ushistory.org/us/10e.asp
Colonial leaders set up a Continental Army and began to lay out plans for revolution. -
http://www.history.com/topics/capture-of-fort-ticonderoga
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys made a dawn attack on the fort, securing an important armory for the revolutionaries and the Continental Army. -
http://www.britishbattles.com/bunker-hill.htm
The British, determined to take the colonist-held Bunker Hill, suffered heavy casualties before taking the overlook. -
http://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/revolution/docs/olive.html
A petition drafted by John Dickinson in a last attempt to remain allied with Britain. The king refused the petition and calledfor the colonists to be brought to justice. -
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm
A document written by Thomas Jefferson, and largely put together by representatives from the colonies, the Declaration of Independence did exactly what it's name states: it declared the United States free of British rule. -
http://www.britishbattles.com/long-island.htm
George Washington, in an attempt to protect New York from the British, was forced to retreat instead and lost the city. -
http://www.ushistory.org/paine/commonsense/
Thomas Paine used common language to challenge British rule over the colonies. This pamphlet got the idea of revolution and independance into the heads of many colonists. -
http://www.constitution.org/bcp/virg_dor.htm
A commitee of delegates at the Virginia Convention created a Declaration of Rights for the independent colonies. -
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/history/vstory.html
The camp that the Continental Army took their winter retirement at. While they suffered great lack of goods and many died, they were also forged from a ragtag group of colonistsinto a powerful army. -
http://www.ushistory.org/us/11g.asp
The Continental Army defeated British forces at Saratoga and began to turn the tide in their favor. This eanred the Americans greater respect from the French. -
http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/media_player?mets_filename=evm00003280mets.xml
This bill by Thomas Jefferson ensured that no person in the state of Virginia would have to participate in any religion, and hadthe freedom to practice whatever religion they wanted to. -
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/articles-of-confederation-are-ratified
After much arguement between the colonies, the Articles of Confederation were finally passed by Congress. -
http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-yorktown.htm
British General Cornwallis took and held Yorktown, but was denied reinforcements. After a siege by the Americans, Cornwallis gave himself and his army up. -
http://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/Treaty
The British and Americans begin negotiations over the independence of the colonies. Benjamin Franklin refuses to allow the British to have imperial rule over America. -
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1150.html
Thomas Jefferson developed a system for selling Western land using a system of rectangular measurement. -
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/ordinance/
All land beyond the Ohio River and Mississippi was going to be held by America. -
http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres13.html
George Washington was sworn into office as the first president of the newly formed United States of America.