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The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris stated that Britian got to claim all of North America eat of the Mississippi River. Spain helped the French out so the French wanted to say thank you by giving them New Orleans and Louisiana. Britian sezes Cuba and the Philippines from Spai, in which they gave them back for Florida. The treaty ended the French power in North America.
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Declaration of Proclamation of 1763
The purpose of this Proclamation was to make trade and other needed things easier to do by organizing Great Britain's new North American empire and to stabilize relations with Native North Americans. It contuines to still be legal in the United States.
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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a lae that placed tax on sugar, molasses and other products shiped into other colonies. It also called for strict law enforcement to catch smuggled goods. Colonial leaders clamied that Parliment had no right to tax the colonist because the colonist weren't represented in Parliment.
Source- U.S. History Textbook page- 160
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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act law required all legal and commerical documents to carry an offical stamp stating that a tax had been paid. The Stamp Act fell on all colonies not just a few.Colonial leaders were mad, they were getting taxed with out there consent by a Parliment in which they didn't have a voice.
Soruce- U.S. History Textbook page- 161
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Quartering Act
Were peole from the streets hod to house british soliders. They had to suply them with what your child would need. Most of the soilders went to New York were the more weathy people lived.
Sources- U.S. History book page- 160
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Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws to punish Massachusetts colony and to serve a warning to other colonies. The first act was they were going to close all the ports down till the colonist paid for the destroyed tea. The second law was that others banned comitteees of correespindece, and allowed Britian to hosue troops werever necessary. It also said to let British officals acxused of crimes in the colonies to stand trial in Britian.
Sources- U.S. History Textbook page 170
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Boston Massacre
A group of youths and dockworkers were insulting each other back and forth till finally the soilders started fireing. Attucks and four laborers were killed, they were clamied to take there life for freedom. John Adams defeted the red coats who were arrested for murder in court, he clamied that the soliders acted in defense and the jury agreeed.
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Tea Act
Tea kept getting smuggled from Holland, therefore Parliment put up a law called the Tea Act, which put tax on tea. The Tea Act gave the British East India Company control over the American tea trade. Tea would only arrive in other colonies and you could only buy tea from the trading company's shipsand be sold there. by its merchants. Colonist wanted the Tea to not be taxed.
Source- Creating America (U.S. History textbook)
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Boston Tea Party
A group of men came in desiguised as Native Americans, they got on the three tea ship docked in the Boston Harbor. Colonists rejoiced the news and thougtn Britian would realize that colonists opposed the taxtation without representation,
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1st Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress called for a meeting from all the colonies but Georgia to meet in Philadelphia. The meeting includes a vote to ban all trade with Britian until the Intolrtable Act were repealed. They also asked the colonies to start tranning there troops for war. Geriorga decided not to send send delegates but they decided to agree with the laws taking place.
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the Revolutionary War. General Gage sent British soilders to Lexington, there goal was to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock. Then in Concord they would take gun powder. Word got oput about Gages plan so when the British were coming they yelled "the British are coming the Britsh are coming" to warn them all to be ready.
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Second Contiental Congress
A meeting took place in Phiadelphia. In the meeting they agreed to make a Continental Army. People who attended this meeting were John and Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, Gerorge Washington and Patrick Herny. George Washington was chosen as commanding general.
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Battle of Bunker Hill
British went to attack Militia to get there (Militia's) fort. They took 2,200 British soliders with them, They were told not to fire until they saw the whites of there eyes. The British had won the fort over after 1,000 wounded or killed, compared with some 400 Militias.
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Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Common Sense convinced Americans that a complete break with Britian was necessary. Thomas Paine a immigrant from England wrote the book, which the book made a strong case for American independence. Common Sense was published in January and sold more then 100,000 copies in three months.
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Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independences said that the 13 colonies who were at war with Great Britian at the time would be States and will be free, The colonies would no longer be apart of the British Empire. John Adams was the leader pushing for freedom.
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Battle of Long Island (Battle of Brooklyn)
British General William Howe and his army landed in Long Island wanting to capture New York City and get the Huston River, They went up against Geroge Washington and the American army, The British ended up winning the war and on September 15 they captured New York City.
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American Crisis by Thomas Paine
There were 16 pamphlets total in the American Crisis. The pamphlets had belifs in it as its main theme. They would read it before any battle that they knew they were going to get in happened.
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Battle of Trenton
Crossing the icy Deleware Gerorge Washington lead his army to f Trenton, New Jersey.Geroge and his army went up against the Hessian mercenaries.A brief battle began and part way into in most of the Hassians were captured, causing the Americans to win the battle.
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Battles of Saratoga
Soilders were tired, wounded and just wanted these battles to be over when lead man Bendict Arnold become wounded from a guy shot. While he was recovering he married a loyalest so that caused even more tensions. Arnold believe that he wasnt rewarded enough for his heroic actions that he did,
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Winter at Valley Forge
Valley Firge was a camp site were Military camp out for the Winter. Some of the people "camping" out there didnt have clothers or anything covering there body. Starvation, disease, and exposure killed nearly 2,500 American soldiers by the end of February 1778.
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Battle of Yorktown
There were 17,000 French and Colonial troops heading for war, Gerorge Washington was there general leading the war. They went up against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia. They ended fighting in the American colonies and shortly after the Treaty Of Paris was signed saying that each American colonies could be free and be called states.
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Treaty of Paris (Revolutionary War)
The Treaty of Paris was signed to end the revolutionary war between Great Britian and the United States of America and give Americans freedom. The treaty was signed by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay (representing the United States), and David Hartley (a member of the British Parliament representing the British monarch, King George III) in Paris, France.
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