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The English and French fought over colonial land, however the French ultimately lost to Britain and they gained control, in the process of the war Great Britain accumulated a lot of debt and then raised the taxes and created knew acts in order to get the money from the colonists.
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The British made boundaries on the Appalachian Mountains prohibiting the colonist from moving west of the Appalachian mountains. -
British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies. -
On all written documents they would have to pay to get them stamped because they were official, it was the really the first attempt of government authority over the colonies. -
The SOL dressed up as Native Americans and raided a British ship of tea dumping it all in the Boston Harbor to instigate taxation without representation. -
A series of acts passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party. -
Aka the "shot heard around the world" this battle signaled the start of the American Revolutionary War. Riders were sent out to warn people about the arrival of the British many of us know the famous story of the Midnight Ride "the British are coming" with Paul revere. This was an American Victory. -
June 17, 1775, just a few months after the start of the American Revolutionary War. The British were led up the hill by General William Howe and The Americans were led by Colonel William Prescott. British attacked and The Americans fought back the first two charges, but started to run out of ammunition and had to retreat. British gained the hill, but their costs were great.
Even though they lost Americans did not suffer nearly as many casualties. -
he Second Continental Congress decided it was time for the colonies to officially declare their independence writing the outline.July 4, 1776 the Congress officially adopted the final version of the Declaration of Independence. This day is still celebrated in the United States as Independence Day. -
The siege of Charleston was a British victory fought in Charles Town, the capital of South Carolina. The British shifted their strategy to focus on the southern theater.
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The battle was a decisive victory for the Americans. They took minimal casualties while the British suffered many. This victory gave the Americans in the South a renewed sense of confidence that they could win the war. -
The outcome in Yorktown marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution and Americas independence.The British was defeated and the Treaty of Paris sealed our independence.
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After the surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown it still took a long time for an agreement between Britain and the United States to be signed. That Britain no longer had any claim on the land or government.