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Pre-Revolution
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Proclamation of 1763
Line prohibiting settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act of 1765
A tax on all documensts that required a stamp. -
Townshend Taxes and the Boston Massacre
Townshend Taxes were mass taxing on all goods at the port. The Boston Massacre was a conflict betweeen a mob of Colonists and eight British soldiers where five colonists were killed. -
The Boston Tea Party
Colonists boarded ships dressed as Mohawk Indians and dumped 342 cases of tea into the harbor. -
The Intolerable acts
A ban on town meeting and the closing of the Harbor until all tea dumped into it was paid for, as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party. -
The First Continental Congress
A group of 55 delegates that came together to discuss their grievances against the British government. -
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Revolution
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military conflicts between the British army and the American army. The British tried to seize a stash of American weapons. The British army was met by a small amount of American Soldiers. However it ended in a Colonial American victory and started the Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
A meeting of Colonial American delegates that created the Continental Army and named George Washington as the Commanding General. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Considered the bloodiest battle of the Revolutionary War. Over 1000 British and around 400 Colonists were killed or wounded befor the British took the hill giving them the victory but at a high cost. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
The first document written that asked for independence from Britain. It was written so that the common person could read it. -
The Decleration of Independence
A document that declared that the 13 colonies considered themselves an independent state. -
Battles of Saratoga (1)
The first battle was at Freemans farm regarded as the turning point in the Colonists favor i the war. -
Battles of Saratoga (2)
The second battle was at Bemis Heights. It was a considered a turning point in the Colonists favor during the war -
Battle at Yorktown
A decisive battle in which the French Navy blocked off British supplies and reinforcements during the seige of Yorktown. -
Treaty of Paris
A treaty that officially ended the War between Britain and America.
