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Things I learned in 4th period US History 8th grade in 2020-21

  • French and Indian War

    Fought between 1754-1763 between French and Indians and the British Army. Started the war over Ohio River Valley region. British won the war and the French were ran out of North America. Colonists taxed to help pay for the war
  • Boston Massacre

    5 colonists died from shooting by British soldiers. Famous engraving picture used as propaganda for the rest of American colonies
  • Boston Tea Party

    Sons of Liberty dump 342 crates of British tea into the Boston Harbor. King George angry he enacts the Intolerable acts on the city
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord, MA

    Paul Reveres ride warns the colonists that the British were coming. First battle of the American Revolutionary War takes place at Lexington. “Shot heard around the world” Colonists lose at Lex. But win at concord
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    1st Major battle of war fought between Cont. Army and British Army. Actually fought on Breeds Hill in Boston. British won but moral victory for Cont. Army.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Express the ideals of natural rights, life, liberty, happiness on which the US is founded. Lays out the reasons for separation from Great Britain. Main author is Thomas Jefferson