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navagation act
The british forced the colonies to ONLY sell and trade with them. -
Molasses Act
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fort necessities
Lead by geoge washington and lead the militia for protection they build fort nesesite. -
french and indian war
The British began to show interest in the Ohio river Valley, But the French viewed the territory as theirs. So the french built a chain of forts from lake ontario south to the ohio river. So when the brittish seen this they built a fort. But the french seized the fort, and called it fort duquesne.The french had early success and captured several british forts. -
sugar act
The sugar act is were parliment passed a law to lower the tax on mollasses. The reason they did this to to encorgarage colonists to buy from brittish. This also allowed officers to seize accused smugglers goods without going to court. -
stamp act
The stamp act made colonists pay taxes on printed goods. That made the colonists mad, so one coloists sam adams started the sons of liberty. So the people decided to boycott and not buy the brittish goods. -
townshed act
The townshed act was were they had but taxes and the 5 basic imported goods, such as glass,lead,paper,tea,paint. But that had made the colonists mad. So they started another boycott -
First Continental Congress
they where boycotting british goods -
General Thomas Gage takes over Boston
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intolarable act
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Quartering act
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quebec act
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Declaratory act
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General Thomas Gage takes over Boston
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
The colonists fought back toward the redcoats after they had shoot and killed children and other colonists -
Paul Revere's Ride
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Paul Revere's Ride
Paul went to warn the town that british soldiers were coming -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
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fort ticonderoga
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battle of bunker hill
The militia set up posts on bunker hill and breed's hill, which were across the harbor from boston. When the brittish saw this and formed a plan, the british attacked the next day. Red coats assembled at the foot of breed's hill,with fixed bayonets, and charged the hill. British troops were successfully repealed two times by this battle plan. But on the third wave the british took breed's hill. -
Olive Branch Petition
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Washington takes Boston
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Hessian Soldiers are hired by King George III
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DOI is signed
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boston massacre
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Second Continental Congress