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french and indian war beginning
-from july 3 1754 to 1763
-ended when british major general james wolfe captured quebec from french
-indians fought on both sides -
writs of assistance
-allowed sodiers to cheack any boats if they pleased
-invasion of privacy
-many collonist angered -
treaty of paris
-in fefruary 10 1763
-ended the french and indian war
-made french surrender all of canada -
proclamation of 1763
october 7 1763
-prevented colonists from going west of the appalachian moutains
-cplonist outraged -
suger act
-first british tax
-help pay off for the french and indian war
-march 24 1774 -
quartering act
-colonists must provide food and shelter for british troops
-march 24 1764
-made many colonist angry -
stamp act
-a tax placed on all official papers and documents
-one of many taxes put on colonists
-passed march 22 1765 -
townshed acts
-tax on all household items
-colonists boycotted
-was repealed -
boston massacre
-5 inecint people died
-john adams defended the soldiers who fired on colonist
- 2 charged with man slaugther -
tea act
-tax on tea
-repealed in 1781
-led to boston tea party -
boston tea party
-sons of liberty threw tea overboard on ships
-dressed up like indians
-led to the intolerable acts -
intolerable acts
-acts against boston tea party
-boston harbor blockaded
-could not hold town meetings -
1st continental congress
met in carpenters hall philidelphia
-all colnies sent represenatives except for georgia
-were electid people from legislatures -
lexington
-first battle of the american revoulution
-700 british vs 70 minutemen
8 minite men killed americans lose -
battle at concord
- british chase minutemen from lexington to concord -hundreds of minutemen attack british -we win battle
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2nd continental congress
=last chance at peace with olive branch potition
-all thirteen colonies there
-made george washington leader of the continental army -
bunker hiil
famous quote ;dont shoot till you see the white in there eyes .
-america retreats
- thousands of british killed -
ft ticonderoga
-The continental army takes cannons
-Few soldiers at fort
-fort built in 1775 -
common sense
-written by thomas paine
- used to get people on the americans side
-It did get many patriots on there side -
declaration of independence
- us declaring independence -King outraged -we celerbrate july 4
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battle of long island and new york
-more like a siege than a battle
George wasington retreats
-british win -
battle of trenton
suprise attack
defeat 800 hessians
-week later we win preston -
battle of princeton
-week earlier we won battle of trenton
-defeat 300 british at new jersey
- Another suprise attack -
battle of saratoga
- british surrender all troops
- french join in
- spain joins in
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winter at valley forge
no exact date
- from 1777 1778
1/3 men die -
treaty of paris
we leave britian
us wins war
we are a free country -
battle of yorktown
we surrond cornwallis army
- frnech help
british surrender