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The Great Awakening
-Many peaple follow the stuff the ministers and priests said
-The ministers and priests holding revivals and church reasons
-It was a widespread unorganized of christian sermons and church meetings
-Happened during the 1730's and 1740's
-It prepared people for the American Revelution
-It happened in states from Georgia to New England -
French and Indian War
-This war was between the Britsh and French
-The time span is from 1754 to 1763
-They were fighting for power and trade routes
-The war ended because the two sides signed the Treaty of Paris
-They both had indians on their side -
Proclamation of 1763
-This was a document made by the government to keep colonists from going west
-The colonists were getting really mad with the government fon not letting them go west to claim land
-The French and Indian war debt caused it
-This document was made on January 11, 1763
-The Proclamation lead to the Revelution
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Sugar Act
-The Sugar Act was when parliment put a tax on sugar, molasses, coffie, and wine
-It was made so the government could pay off the debt from the French and Indian war
-Samuel Adams said it was illegal and that their government should determine it
-Led to the American Revelution
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Stamp Act
-The Stamp Act was when parliment put taxes on every paper
-It was made to pay off the debt from the French and Indian war
-It was the first time parlimet tryed to tax
-The Stamp Act was repealed because of the colonist protesting
-It ended on March 17, 1766 -
Townshend Acts
-The Townshend Acts were taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea
-It was made to raise money to pay off the debt from the French and Indian war
-The French and Indian war caused it
-It led to the American Revelution
-Protests from the colonist ended it -
Boston Massacre
-The British police were watching then people started calling them names and attacking the police, then the police opened fire and killed 5 people
-The police almost got arested for commiting a crime
-The trial was held on December 3, 1770
-2 of the 8 police were branded on the thumb
-This realy turned the colonists against the British
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Tea Act
-This was the tax on tea
-It was caused by the French and Indian war
-The colonists didn't like it but, didn't want to be put out of buisness by the British
-This led to the Boston Tea Party -
Boston Tea Party
-The colonists got mad at the British for the Tea Act so on December 16, 1773, a group of colonists threw 90,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor
-The colonists were happy, but then the British passed the Intollerable Acts
-They threw over 342 chests of tea
-It led to the American Revelution
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Intolerable Acts
-This took many rights away from the colonists
-It was caused by the BostonTea Party
-The parliment passed the Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts
-The colonists boycotted against it and finally it was repealed in 1778
-Led to the American Revelution -
Battle of Lexington/Concord
-This was the first battle of the American Revelution
-The minutemen were way outnumbered and 8 died and 10 were wounded
-The British advanced and were trying to get to Concord
-The British retreated after many attacks from the minutemen, which were hiding behind trees and taking them out
-The minutemen kept attacking and pushed them back -
Battle of Bunker Hill
-The British gained control of bunker Hill
-The colonial forces were holding Boston under siege
-The British had a lot of casualties, around 1,000, and the colonists ony had 400
-The colonists were happy they could withstand a frontal attack from the British, but the British ended up winning the battle -
Common Sense
-This was a book written by Thomas Paine
-Many people coul not understand the writing of lawers, so he wrote it in the common language of the people
-About 500,000 copies were sold
-The colonissts got mad at some of it, but the lawers were really mad because if hey were lying the people would know
-It led to the Declaration of Independence -
Declaration of Independence
-55 men signed the Declaration of Independence
-There are 1,400 words in this document
-It was written to tell England that we were leaving and becoming independent
-It showed that the king of England did many bad things and the United States wanted to be independent
-The king let the go an be independent -
Battle of Saratoga
-This battle was apart of the American Revelution
-It was the biggest victory for the americans
-Burgoyne, a British general, surrendered to general Horatio Gates
-The British lost -
Battle of Yoktown
-This was the last major battle of the American Revelution
-The British surrendered again and the colonists won
-It ended because the British surrendered
-The americans were under George Washington and they defeated Lord Cornwallis's army -
Treaty of Paris
-This document recognized the independence o the United States
-It was made to end the American Revelution
-The Unted States got the freedom they wanted from Great Britian
-The colonists were very happy
