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french and Indian War 1754-1763
- Fought between Engalnd and France. 2. Fought over contorl of North America territories. 3. the start of the war was a result of Inidans led by George Washington killing a French officer.
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Treaty of Paris 1763
- Ended the French and Indain War. 2. England was determined to be the victor of this war. 3. France loses all of its North American claims. England claims all land west to the Mississippi River and North through Canada.
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Proclomation of 1763
- This prevented Colonists from moving West of the Appliachian Moutains. 2. Created to stablize relations between the Native Americans and the British Empire. 3. This became the first problem between the Colonist and "Mother" England
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Sugar Act
- Tis was a tax on sugar and molasses. 2. This act was established as a way of creating revenue for the British Kingdom after French and Indian war. 3. THe incident increased the colonists concerns about the intent of the British Parliment and helped the growing movement that became the American Revolution.
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Stamp Act
- This tax placed a tax on all paper goods including wills and newpapers. 2. The result of the act was protests and anger by may colonists 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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Quarting Act
1.Colonists had to providr food and shelter for the British Soldiers.
2. This was hated, but it had to be done.
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Townshend Act
- Put a tax on on legal documents, newspapers, wills, and basically every peice of paper used. 2.Colonists boycott through the non-important agreement. 3.The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America.
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Writs of Assistance
- Customs officers could search ships at will.
- Few colonists affected, but merchants felt this was and invasion of privacy. 3. British Policy was established allowing Customs Officers the right to search any ship at any time without probable cause.
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Boston Massacre
1.a rioting mob confronted british soldiers at the boston customs house. 2. Tensions rose and shots were fired into the crowd, killing five colonists.
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Tea Act
- Tea merchants in the coloies were cut out of the tea trade because the British East India Company lowered their tea prices.
- The company monopolized, or controlled, the tea sales in the colonies.
- Lead to the Boston Tea Party.
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Boston Tea Party
1.On December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor.
2. Lead to the Intolerable Acts
3.was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, a city in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. -
Intolerable Acts
1.Colonists could not hold town meetings
2. Port of Boston closed
3. Result of First Continental Congreess meets -
1st Continental Congress
1.It meets in Philidelphia
2. Each colony was also called on to begin training troops.
3. important because while delegates were not ready to call for independence, they were determined to uphold colonial tights. -
Battle of Concord
1.Brishish Marched to concord, destroyed military supplies and engaged ina battle where they were forced to retreat.
2. turning point to the Revolutionary War.
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Battle of Lexington
- On April 19, 1775, 700 British troops reached lexington. 2.was apart of the starting point of the revolutionary war. 3.Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem coined the phrase"shot heard around the world" about the first shots of the revolution.
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2nd Continental Congress
1.The second continental congress met in philadelphia.
2 Members inclued John and Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Ben Franklin , George Washington, and Patrick Henrey.
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Ft. Ticonderoga
- Fort Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century star fort built by the Canadians and the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain in upstate New York in the United State. 2.it was constructed by Canadien Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière between 1754 and 1757 3.during the Seven Years' War, often referred to as the French and Indian War in the USA.
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Bunker Hill
1.Miltia waited on the top of the hill and were ordered, "dont fire untill you see the whites of their eyes."
2.This involved patriots fortifying 2 hils overlooking Boston Harbor.
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Common Sense
- Thomas Paine tried to change public opinion throughhis publicationCommon Sense .
- Thomas Paine arguments helped persuade many colonists to support the fight for Independence.
- It was to increase colonial public support for the American Revolution.
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Decleratiopn of Indepnendence
- Rather than all delegates agreeing, they formed a commite to draft a Decleration af Independence. Thomas Jefferson was chosen to compose the document.
- Decleration is based on the philosophy of John Locke and his idea that people haqbe unalienable rights that government canot take away.
- 2 weeks later on July 4, 1776, Jefferson had completed most of it, the resolution was presented again and passed and independence was declared.
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Battle of Long Island
1.was the first major battle in the American Revolutionary War following the United States Declaration of Independence
2.the largest battle of the entire conflict, and the first battle in which an army of the United States engaged
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Battle of Trenton
1.Was a suprise attack where george wahington and the continental army cross the Deleware River.
2. Defeated 800 Hessians in December 25, 1776.
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Battle of Princeton
1.was a battle in which General George Washington's revolutionary forces defeated British forces near Princeton, New Jersey.
2.Just over a week after the victory at Trenton George Washington and the Continental Army have another surprise victory.
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Battle of Saratoga
1.This Battle is viewed as the turning point of the Revolutionary War.
2.The American victory in the battle during 1777 led to the French becoming our ally against the British.
3.General John Burgoyne had lost 86 percent of his expeditionary force that had triumphantly marched into New York from Canada in the early summer of 1777. -
Winter at Valley Forge
- Wahsington and his men spentthe long cold winter of 1777-1778 in valley forge pennsylvania.
- THe American troops were in desperate need of food and warm clothing. 3.was the site where George Washington and the Continental Army wintered during 1777-1778.
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Battle of Yorktown
1.british Genral Lord Cornwallis moved his troops to Virginia to set up camp and wait fopr reinforcements.
2.The time was rightfor washington to set the ulttimatetrap. James Armisted was double spy and gave Washington information.
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Treaty of Paris
1.The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America and its allies on the other.
2.Establishing the boundaries between the United States and British North America;
3.Its territorial provisions were "exceedingly generous" to the United States in terms of enlarged boundaries.
