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French Indain War
1.Fough between England and France. 2. Fought over control of North American territories. 3. The start of the war was a result of Indians led by George Washington killing a Freanch officer. -
Treaty of Paris
- Ended the Fremch and Indain War.2. England was determind to be the victor of this war. 3. France loses all of its Birth American claims. England claims all land west to the Mississippi River and North through Canada.
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Proclamation of 1763
- This prevented Colonists from moving West of the Appalachain Moutains. 2. Creared to srabalize relations between the Natice Americans and the British Empire 3. This became the first problem between the colonist and "Mother" England. The colonists dodn't like deing told what to do.
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Sugar Act of 1764
- This was a tax on sugar and molasses. 2. this act was established as a way of creating revenue for the British Kingdom after the french and Idain war 3. This incident increased the colonists concerns about the intent of the Britsh Parilament and helped the growning movement that became the American Revolution,
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Stamp act
- This tax placed on all papaer good including wills and newspapaer. 2. The resultof the act was protests and anger by many colonist. This led to a boycott of the stamped paper goods 3. As a result of the boycott and anti- British sentiment in the Colonies. Parliment formally repeals the Stamp Act.
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Writs of Assistance
1.Custom offiers could search ships at will. 2. Few colonists affected. 3. Could also search houses. -
Townshend acts 1767
1.Colonists boycott. 2. Taz on household items. Such as papare,glass,lead,silk, and even tea. - Taked on essential goods. -
Quartering Act 1770
- Were forced to provide supplies to british soldiers. 2. Shelter. 3. Food ect.
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Boston Massacre 1770
- A group of protestors disgused themselfs as native american. 2, The protestors boarded ships and dump the teaoverboard. 3. There have been 3 ships there
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Tea Act 1173
1.Tea merchants in the colonies were cut out of the tea trade because the British East India Company lowered their tea prices.
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Boston Tea Party 1773
- Officials in Boston Refused to return three ship;pads of taxed tea to britain a group of colonists boarded the ships abd destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. 2. The tea Party was the culmination of a resisitance movement throughout British America against the Tea Act, which had been passed by the british Parliament in 1773. 3. In retaliation the British passed several punative acts aimed at bringing the colonies back into submissison of the king.
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Intolerable Acts 1774
- Colonists couldnot hold town meetings 2. Portsof Boston was closed. 3. The first continental congress meets.
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1st Continental Congress
1.The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia.
2.All colonies, except Georgia sent delegates.
3.Delegates agreed to ban all trade with Britain until Acts were repealed.
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Lexingoton
• 70 militiamen were waiting.
• British ordered Americans to drop their muskets and they refused.
• No one knows who fired first, but within a few minutes 8 militiamen were dead. -
Concord
• British marched to Concord, destroyed military supplies and engaged in a battle where they were forced to retreat.
• 4000 minutemen and militiamen lined the road from Concord to Lexington and shot at the “redcoats” as they retreated back to Boston.
• Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem coined the phrase “shot heard around the world” about the first shots of the Revolution. -
Ft. Tinconderoga
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2nd continental Congress
• British marched to Concord, destroyed military supplies and engaged in a battle where they were forced to retreat.
• 4000 minutemen and militiamen lined the road from Concord to Lexington and shot at the “redcoats” as they retreated back to Boston.
• Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem coined the phrase “shot heard around the world” about the first shots of the Revolution. -
Bunker Hill
• Militia had built fortifications so the British attacked.
• Militia waited on the top of the hill and were ordered, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”
• Battle ensued, but the militia were forced off the hill.
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Battle of New York
• Fighting shifted to the Middle Colonies.
• The British wanted to capture New York City, the center of the Colonial economy.
• British attacked Washington’s army on Long Island and inflicted heavy casualties
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Declaration of Indepence
• In June 1776, The Continental Congress debated the “free and independent states” resolution calling for a complete break from Britain.
• Rather than all delegates agreeing, they formed a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson was chosen to compose the document. 2 weeks later on July 1776, Jefferson had completed most of it, the resolution was presented again and passed and independence was declared. -
Common Sensen
• Thomas Paine was an Englishman living in the colonies.
• He believed it was ridiculous for America to be governed by an island across a vast ocean.
• He felt there were plenty of markets outside of Britain for colonial goods.
• Published Common Sense in 1776 and “the call for Independence became a roar”.
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Battle of Trenton
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Battle of Princeton
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Battle of Saratoga
• Saratoga was a turning point in the war
• Benjamin Franklin would help negotiate Treaty of Alliance with France and Spain • American General Horatio Gates surrounded Burgoyne’s remaining forces at Saratoga New York.
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Winter at Valley Forge 1777-1778
• Washington and his men spent the long cold winter of 1777-1778 in Valley Forge Pennsylvania.
• The American troops were in desperate need of food and warm clothing
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Battle of Yorktown
• British General Lord Cornwallis moved his troops to Virginia to set up camp and wait for reinforcements.
• The time was right for Washington to set the ultimate trap. James Armistead (a slave) was a double spy and gave Washington information
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Treaty of Paris
• Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent nation
• United States gained all land east of the Mississippi River from Canada to Florida
• U.S. agreed to return all property taken from Loyalist