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Great Awakening
An unorganised but widespread movement of evangelical christian sermons and church meetings -
The French and Indian War
A war between the French and their Indian allies vs. the Brittish and their Indian allies -
Proclaimation Of 1763
The Proclaimation of 1763 "banned" people from settling west of the appalations in order to keep the peace with the indians but was mostly ignored. -
Sugar Act
Put a tax on Sugar, Molases, Coffe, and Wine
and was heavily protested -
Stamp Act
Put a tax on any official papers instead of sugars but was still protested -
Townshend Acts
It placed duties on imported goods creating smugling markets and offices that tried to stop them -
Boston Massacre
When a riot was controlled by shooting randomly into the crowd -
Tea Act
It was when the east india trading company had dept and was allowed to sell directly to colonists and drove some companies out of buisness -
Boston Tea Party
As a result of the Tea Act many people from boston dressed as Native Americans went out and dumped tea from Brittish ships into the Boston Harbour -
Intolerable
The prime minister of England got mad about the Boston Tea Party and ordered taxes for The Colonies. This was the first major attempt to directly tax the colonists and the colonists wanted a complete boycot of Brittish goods. -
The Battle of Lexington
Lexington was the battle where the Brittish landed on the colonial shore. They were met by less than 70 of the colonial minutemen. Both sides waited for the other to fire first, then someone fired "The Shot Heard Around The World" which started the battle. -
The Battle of Concord
The Battle of Concord was fought when the frustrated Brittish troops, expecting to find muskets and didn't, set fire to several houses. After much yelling the Minutemen charged, and while the Brittish retreated towards Boston the Minutemen fired at them from behind trees. the Brittish suffered 250 casualties compared to the Minutemen's 100. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
After Concord the Brittish retreated to Boston where the Minutemen surrounded the city, and waited for reinforcements. When they arrived they laid the city under siege. The Brittish retreated to Charlstown, but the Colonists heard about it and it was foiled. The battle, where the colonists were camped in trenches on Bunker Hill in-between Boston and Charlstown, and the brittish advancing upward toward them. The battle was lost but the casualties were a victoy, 10 to 4 (Brittish vs. Colonists. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a 47 page pamphlet which argued for breaking away from Great Brittan. Written By Thomas Paine who was moved into Philidalphia where he wrote this revolutionary document. -
Declaration of Independance
Declaration of Independance The Declaration was the legal document that seperated the Colonies from Great Brittan -
Battle of Saratoga
The Patriots clashed with the badly outnumbered Brittish troops of Burgoyne and destroyed them. Burgoyne formally surrendered on the date of this entry. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Patriots werelow on money when Cornwallis prepared to attack a force led by Marquis de Lafayette. Washington moved troops to join Lafayette, the combined force surrounded and defeated Cornwallis in Yorktown. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was the Brittish document that said that they recognised the United States as a country and ended the war.
