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The french and Indian war
he North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War -
the stamp act
It was parliments first direct tax on the american colonies -
The townshend acts
series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. -
the boston massacre
when a street fight occured between a mob throwing snoballs and other things at british soldiers. -
Boston Tea party
american colonists frustrated at britain dumped 342chests of tea imported from british east india into the harbor -
intolerable acts
a series of four laws passed by the british parliament to punish the colony of massachsetts bay for the bostan tea party -
battle of lexington and concord
The militiamen hustled to Concord's North Bridge, which was being defended by a contingent of British soldiers. The British fired first but fell back when the colonists returned the volley. -
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British attacks on coastal towns
brutal british naval boombardments and burning of the coastal towns of falmouth -
Battle of bunker hill
bloody fighting took place throughout a hilly landscape of fenced pastures that were situated across the charles river from boston -
thomas paine's common sense
a book writeen by thomas paine -
declaration of independance
It marked the official step taken by the american colonies toward independence -
The Declaratory act
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Battle of trenton
After crossing the Delaware River in a treacherous storm, General George Washington's army defeated a garrison of Hessian mercenaries at Trenton. -
The battle of saratoga
The british plan to capture the city of albany and take control of the hudson river -
France and the U.S form an alliance
they signed the treaty creating a military alliance against great britain -
battle of yorktown
cornwallis moved his troops to yorktown to resuuply his troops.