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the french and indian war
most the battles took place in canada and george washington worked and fought along side great britain at this time and the war lasted from 1754 to 1763. the british won the war. -
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the sugar act
added three cent tax on foreign refined sugar and increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain times of wine. -
the stamp act
the british made and put a stamp on every paper and document in england and in the thirteen colonies. and used it to be a sneaky way to ad taxes. -
the stamo act congress
the 13 colonies caught onto what the british were doing with the stamp and decided to remove it. -
townshed acts
laws placed by townshend that placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea -
the boston massacre
the british claimed that americans through stuff at them so they retaliated and shot down five americans, including a african american slave -
the boston tea party
the sons of liberty, pissed off american colonies, boarded three british ships and threw overboard 342 crates of british tea. -
the first contintental congress
the start of the continental war. all thirty colonies sent two people to represent them at the secret meetings kept from the british. this group of 56 delegates consisting of john adams, thomas jefferson, and ben franklin wrote and signed the declaration of independence on july fourth 1776. -
the battle of lexington and concord
“ the shot heard around the world” famous war taken place in lexington and concord when the british and american rebels fought for power at lexington. unfortunately the american had to withdraw and flee because they didn't have the same utilities as the british and were outgunned. then the red coats continued to concord to attack the americans again but showed up to be defeated by the americans because of the famous warning given by paul revere yelling “the british are coming!” -
the second contiental congress
this is the meeting of the congress that birthed things such as the declaration of independence. marine corps, and articles of confederation. -
george washington named commander and chief
was elected to be the first president of the united states, even when he didn't want this title. leading the war of independence and helping the americans win. also invented the cabinet, his advisers, and tried to break up the fight between the two political parties. -
battle of bunker hill
the war fought between the british and americans to gain control over the breed's hill in charlestown that over seeded the british shipyard -
thomas paines "common sense" published
american patriot soldier that wrote common sense and the crisis. his writing ignited the americans and helped them push on in the revolution -
the british evacuate boston
on march 4th general john thomas took 800 soldiers and 1,200 workers to dorchester heights and hunkered down in that spot. they then continued to attack boston harbor and on march 17th 11,000 british troops and 1,000 loyalists left the harbor in sail boats and went to halifax, nova scotia -
richard henry lee purposes independence
richard henry lee was a man in the continental congress from virginia that seconded the motion to have independence from great britain -
decleration of independence adopted
declaration written up by thomas jefferson but inforced by john adams was a document declaring america's independence from great britain. this document was signed by the continental congress on july 4th 1776 in philadelphia and great britain's response to the declaration was to continue the war -
decleration of independence signed
the declaration of independence was signed by all 13 colonists congressman. this consisted of men such as john adams, thomas jefferson, john hancock, and samuel adams.
