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A war between the French and British over land in North America.
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The Treaty of Paris(1763) ended the French and Indian War and gave Britain all of the French territory in North America.
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The Proclamation of 1763 banned all settlement west of the
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The Stamp Act required colonists to purchase specially stamped paper
for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, and almanac, and
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The Sons and Daughters of Liberty were a resistance group formed against the Stamp Act.
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The Committees of Correspondence
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The Intolerable Acts, a.k.a. the coercive acts were passed to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party.
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Thomas Paine's Common Sense was a pamphlet that attacked King George and recommended separation from Britain.
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The Declaration was a formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson to declare the Colonies' Independence from Britain.
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On Christmas night, George Washington led 2,400 troops to Trenton, New Jersey where they ambushed a garrison of drunk Hessians.This was a victory for Washington and his troops.
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George Washington and his army endured a severe winter where many suffered from exposure and frostbite, and 100's died from disease.
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British General Burgoyne had a complex plan that failed and resulted in him and his troops being surrounded and forced to surrender.
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The French were still upset about when Britain defeated them in the French and Indian War so France created an alliance to help the Patriots.
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British General Cornwallis and his troops were surrounded on the Yorktown Peninsula. They were forced to surrender and the war ended. The Americans won the American Revolution.
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A document signed by King George III and American delegates that officially ended the American Revolution and gave America their Independence from Britain.