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French and Indian war
Britain and France fight over land, Britain wins -
Sugar Act
This was and act of parliament passed by Great Britain which raised revenue. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was a law passed by British Parliament that taxed imported goods coming to the American Colonies. The people saw this as and act of power and abuse from the government. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest protested by the Sons of Liberty to stop the tax on tea. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was a law passed that tea could only be bought by the British East Indian Company to reduce the amount of tea they had and help them financially. -
First Continental Congress
This was a meeting with delegates from 12 out of the 13 British colonies which made America. -
Lexington and concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first of the Revolutionary war. -
Second Continental Congress
Convention of delegates in 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia that soon started the Revolutionary war. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was the colonists last try to not go to war with Britain during the American Revolution. -
Declaration of Independence
This was adopted by the Second Continental congress meeting in Philadelphia as a pronouncement. -
Common Sense
The Common Sense Act was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that stood for independence for the thirteen colonies. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small war during the Revolutionary War. Washington had defeated Hessian mercenaries and this invigorated Washington. -
Washington crosses Delaware
This is a painting created by an artist, Emanuel Leutze, which shows George Washington crossing the Delaware river with the Continental army during the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga happened the second year of the American Revolutionary War. There were two battles over eighteen days, America won. -
Valley Forge
George Washington lead a unified army who was capable of defeating the British which was a huge turning point in the Revolutionary War. -
Benedict Arnold Turns Traitor
Benedict Arnold fought with the Americans in the Revolutionary War after he became a traitor for fighting with the British. -
The Siege of Yorktown
Lord Charles Cornwallis, a British general and his army surrendered to General George Washington and it's French allies. -
Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette was a man who lead the American troops in many battles during the Revolutionary War including the battle of Yorktown. -
Treaty of Paris
Signed by King George the third and representatives of the United States officially ended the American Revolutionary War. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson served as the third president of the United States and was born 1773 and died 1826.
