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Revolution
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Proclamation of 1763
Some of the people that were involved included King George, Chief Pontiac who was a member of the Ottawa tribe, and thousands of eager-to-move-west colonists. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act of 1765 was put in place to make up for the cost of sending out troops and maintaining them. -
Townshend Taxes
Before it was an individual tax. After it was a mass tax on the ports. -
Boston Massacre
This was an incident in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and wounded six others. -
Boston Tea Party
This was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston against the tax policy on all the tea imported into the colonies. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts stripped Massachusetts of self-government and historic rights triggering outrage and resistance in the thirteen colonies. -
First Continental Congress
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
They were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates in Philadelphia, PA after the American Revolutionary War started. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
It was during the siege of Boston. -
Common sense
It was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. -
Declaration of Independence
It was a statement that announced that the 13 colonies were separate states. -
Battle of Saratoga
It decided the fate of the British General John Burgoyne. -
Battle of Yorktown
It was the victory of the American Army led by George Washington. -
Treaty of Paris
It ended the American Revolutionary War.
