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The Albany Plan of Union
Plan created by Benjamin Franklin that talked of combining the states into a more centralized government, it is also where the join or die political cartoon came from. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/albany-plan -
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The French - Indian War
France and Britain go to war over land in Canada, Americas first president was involved in this war, this helped because he learned the British tactics. https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/french-and-indian-war -
The Proclamation of 1763
An invisible boundary that the British put in place so the frontiersman couldn't migrate westward meaning that they wouldn't come into contact with anymore Native American Tribes
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Sugar Act
The British tried to put an end to smuggling sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch after the French and Indian war because they needed the revenue from tax. https://www.britannica.com/event/Sugar-Act -
Boston Massacre
One of the events that pushed America into fighting the British, 6 people were killed during this incident and another 15 wounded http://www.ouramericanrevolution.org/index.cfm/page/view/m0038 -
Tea Act
The British sent tea to the colonies in hope of stopping the collapse of the east India company but the colonists refused to let it on land and didn't pay the tax for it, led to the Boston tea party http://www.ouramericanrevolution.org/index.cfm/page/view/p0060 -
Boston Tea party
A group of colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians threw several thousands of dollars worth of tea into the harbor after they said they wouldn't leave with the tea. http://www.ouramericanrevolution.org/index.cfm/page/view/p0069 -
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1st Continental Congress
Was essentially the first central government of America and consisted of delegates from each state, they met in response to the Coercive Acts. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-continental-congress -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The "start" of the Revolutionary war, hundreds of British soldiers stormed Massachusetts, specifically Concord and Lexington, trying to seize a arms cache during the night but Paul Revere and the other riders alerted everyone to the British coming which gave the colonists the fighting chance they needed. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord -
Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen joined forces on this day with the green mountain boys and took the fort at night without firing a single shot. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/capture-of-fort-ticonderoga -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
A battle that the American colonists lost, but was important because it showed the British that the colonists were a force to be reckoned with.
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Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Was essentially propaganda for the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence, was extremely important because the states that didn't want Independence now had their citizens reading and wanting Independence. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thomas-paine-publishes-common-sense -
Evacuation Of Boston
The British were forced to evacuate after George Washington and his army get the high ground with cannons. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-evacuate-boston -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a paper written by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson that was the indication to Britain that we were going to be an independent country. http://www.ouramericanrevolution.org/index.cfm/page/view/m0214 -
Battle of Brandywine
An American loss, George Washington and his soldiers had to abandon the fort as they were going to be surrounded by 18k British troops. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-brandywine-begins -
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The Siege of Yorktown
A siege that occurred in Yorktown, George Washington and his French allies get the British to surrender. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/siege-of-yorktown