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Passed so that colonists had to purchase a special stamp for newspapers, pamphlets, license, almanacs, and legal documents
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Stamp act is finally passed and colonist form a group in defiance
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British redcoats fire on unarmed civilians in boston streets
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Colonists dress as indians and go on a british ship, dump 18,000lbs of tea into the ocean
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When Boston is put under martial law the committee goes into action and starts the 1st congress. It basically defended the colonies right to run their own affairs.
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Assemblies of Massa. And Virginia set this up to communicate with other colonies about the threats to American liberty
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King george got mad about the tea and now he made parliment pass some more laws. One shut down Boston harbor because, colonists refused to pay for the tea
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The committees of corespondence met in Philidalphia and wrote a decleration of colonial rights
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General Gage(british) sent his troops to Lexington to seize colonists weapons and stop rebellion. 70 minute men waited for them but the british won.
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British march down to concord and 3,000 minutemen fired in them . Leading to a great victory
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Thomas Paine writes a 50 page pamphlet explaining why we should break away from Britian
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Congress appoints 43 year old George Washington as commander of the troops
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General Gage striked militiamen who were on the hill of breed. 2,400 british troops advanced up the hill, 1,000 died and 450 colonists died. The british took the hill.
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The continental congress sent a letter to the king apologizing and asking for forgivness.
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Colonial leaders made a 2nd continental congress in Philidalphia to debate the next move in the war.
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Indirect taxes on imported goods like glass, lead, paint
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The colonies adopted the decleration of independence and the liberty bell rings.
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Washington and his 23,000 mean stood there ground but was outnumbered causing them to withdraw
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On Christmas night Washington and his 2,400 troops ambushed Hessian( HIred German) soldiers while they were drunk and captured almost 918 of them with 30 dead
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General Howe & his men went after the capital of Philidalphia currently territory of the Americans. The continental congress fled the city & the british took over
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General John was trying to isolate New England from the rest of the states. But he was surronded by American troops in Saratoga and he surrendered.
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Anerican troops set up camp in that valley during the winter and have no resources. So lots of men die or give up
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Adter the win in Saratoga France sees Americas potential and decides to form an alliance with them . The terms state that France agreed not to make peace with Britian unless they got independence
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He sent french reinforcments for the Americans and led a command in Virginia.
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Charles Cornwallis sails south with 8,500 troops and takes charlestown, south carolina for the british
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Cornwallis leads his men on to the peninsula between james and york rivers and ends up being surronded by the French and Americans.
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Cornwallis finally surrenders after being outnumbered
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It begins in Paris where representives of 4 nations US, Great Britian, France, and Spain. All looking for their own interests
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The delegates sign the Treaty which gave US independence. Giving them access to land from the Alantic Ocean to the Mississippi river and Canada to Florida
