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The French and Indian War (1754-63)
A war fought between the british and the french with the native american's on the french side -
Sugar act
a taxation on imported molasses from the carobian -
The Stamp Act
A Tax passes on all paper and printed materials in the colonies -
The Sugar Act on Congress
When the second contenetial congress protested agenst the sugar act -
The Townshed Act
a series of acts passed on paper leads and teas -
The Boston Massacre
people protesting agenst the ocupation of boston harbor -
The Boston Tea Party
When protesters dressed up as native americans and through 4 million dollars worth of tes into boston harbor -
The First Continental Congress
The meeting that decided are independence as a nation -
The Battle at Lexington and Concord
The firs battles of the revolutionary war -
The Second Contenetal Congress
To Decide whether or not to pass the declaraction of independence -
The Battle at Bunker Hill
the attempt at stopping british forces from occupying new york -
George Washington
The first comanding general of teh continental army and presedent of the united states of america -
Benidict Arnald
was a reviolutionary war general who was defected on agianst the british -
Thomas Paine
a partiot and american solder who's main contribution was through writing -
The British evacuation of Boston
when the british were pined in boston in dier need of british reforcments from egland -
Richard Henry Lee Propocess Independence
was a statesman who went to verginia to propose independence -
The Adoption of Independence
when the 13 american colonies adopted the idea of american independence -
The Signing of the Declaration of Independence
when the 13 colonies signed the declaration claming ower independence as a nation
