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Began when the French and British were involved in a despute over the ohio River territory and also the Native Americans living there.
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This treaty ended the Seven Years War between Great Britain, France, and Spain.
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The Royal Proclamation set guidlines for the new territories in North America.
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The Sugar act was an act the prevented the smuggling od sugar and molasses in the colonies. It redused the tax rate on these products.
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The stamp act put a tax on stamps in the colonies as a way to try to lower the national debt of Great Britain.
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This was a unified protest by the American colonist against the British taxtion.
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Five of the main laws of the Townshend Acts are the Indemnity Act, the Commissioners of Customs Act, the Vice Admiralty Court Act, and the New York Restraining Act. The laws were put in place to try to lower the debt of Great Britain.
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The killing of five colonist by the British troops.
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When colonist extreamest went on a British boat and threw many boxs of tea overboard as an act of rebellion against the british taxtion.
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Consisted of 56 delegates from twelve colonies to think about boycotting the British goods.
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After getting word the the British were coming Paul Revere set out on a voyage to Lexington to give word to move the arms. This prevented the weapons from getting in British hands.
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The first military engagment of the Revolutionary war.
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When a small military force of colonist attacked and captured fort Ticonderoga after defeating the British controling it.
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During this Battle the American colonist took over what is now Charlestown peninsula, but the colonist were eventualy pushed back off the peninsula.
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During this meet the Declaration of Independence was created and signed.
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A piece of writing writen by Thomas Paine explaing why America needed to be independent.
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This was the day that the British forces left boston, creating the holiday on March 17th.
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On July 4th, 1776 it was announced that the 13 US colonies were to break away from Great Britain.
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In the Battle of Trenton General George Washington captured Hessian soldiers stationed at Trenton.
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This event consisted of 2 battles. One batttle on Spetember 19, and the other on October 7, 1777. In the end General Burgoyne and his troops surrendered.
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During this event Washington's army was forced to spend the winter at Valley Forge. His men had little cloths and no shelter so the built log cabbins to spend the winter. They suffered.
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After Arnold gave Andre papers in order to get threw the lines in New York he was found out.
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On October first 1779 John Paul Jones defeated the Serapis, a British naval ship.
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Charles Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a french and American force at Yorktown.
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The American Crisis is a collection of articles written by Thomas Paine during the Revolutionary war.
