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It started in 1754 as war between France and their Native American allies and Britain over the Ohio valley. The fighting continued and eventually Spain joined France and the war continued.
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King George the III made up a rule that none of the colonist could go across the Appalachian mountains. It started in 1763.
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Parliament agreed with Grenville to pass new tax laws for the colonies. It added a tax on sugars and other goods. This new tax angered many colonist but what bothered them the most was that they had no voice on this tax law. It was repealed in 1766.
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The Townshend act is passed a year after the Stamp Act was passed. This tax put taxes on lead,glass,paint,paper and tea brought into the colonies.
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The Boston Massacre was a fight between British and colonists. The British government said that they were there to protect the western lands. People think that Crispus Attucks was the first person to get killed.
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The Boston Tea party was where tons of hundreds of chests of tea were thrown overboard and most of the people that threw it overboard were just teenagers.
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The 1st Continental Congress met in Philadelphia between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774.
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Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary war.
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The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17,1775 during the siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary war.
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The 2nd Continental Congress managed the colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards Independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
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The Declaration of Independence was the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to great Britain.
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Valley Forge was the military camp 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia where the American Continental Army spent the winter of 1777 - 78 during the American Revolutionary war.
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The two battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the american revolution. The best news came in October 1777 with an American victory at Saratoga in New York. The Americans defeated a British army of more than 5,000 soldiers.
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The Battle of Yorktown was the German battle of the Siege of little York ending on October 19,1781, Virginia was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental army troops.
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The Treaty of Paris negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the Revolutionary war and recognized American Independence.
