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Revolution
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Proclamation of 1763
This was a document that didn't allow the colonists to move westward past the Applachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act of 1765
This was an act that forced every legal document to have a stamp on it. -
Bosron Massacre
60 colonists gathered together and were taunted the soldiers who were on duty. The colonists started it by throwing a club and knocking down a soldier. 5 people died and 6 others were injured. England repealed taxes except for tea. -
Townshend Taxes
The Townshend Taxes put taxes on foreign paper, lead, and wine. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of people dressed up like Mohawk Indians and threw 15,000 pounds of tea into the ocean. -
The Intolerable Acts
They were used to control post tea party anger and frustration. -
The First Continental Congress
This was a meeting of colonist leaders. They dicussed the Intolerable Acts and they decided to hold collected taxes, boycott british goods, and then they began to prepare for a war with British soliders. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
They were the first military battles of the war. -
Second Continental Congress
George Washington was put in charge of the colonial armies. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The bloodiest battle of the war that ended with a British victory. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
It was the first document written that suggested to the colonists should seperate from Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
The document that gave America its freedom from Britain. -
Battle of Saratoga
Two battles that were considered the turning point in the war, it made the French help the colonists out. -
Battle of Yorktown
The French helped the Americans win and it led to the end of the war. -
Treaty of Paris
This officially ended the war and America was a country.
