War

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  • Albany Congress

    Albany Congress

    Union committee draft
  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war

    Fighting took place between France and Great Britain to control north America
  • Townshend act

    Townshend act

    Taxes on glass lead, paint, paper, and tea
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony.
  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party

    Men disguised as Indians dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor
  • Tea act

    Tea act

    Reducing the tax on imported British tea
  • First continental Congress

    First continental Congress

    A meeting declaring colonists should have the same rights as an Englishman
  • Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts

    4 laws passed by the British Parliament to punsih a colony
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    First battle, start of the war
  • Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill

    One of the bloodiest battles
  • Second continental Congress

    Second continental Congress

    They made a army also drafted an olive branch to send KIng George
  • Fort Ticonderoga

    Fort Ticonderoga

    Americans attacked fort Ticonderoga.
  • Declaration of independence

    Declaration of independence

    It showed why the colonies wanted independence
  • Common sense

    Common sense

    Helped sway colonists to independence
  • Saratoga

    Saratoga

    American victory, gained foreign support
  • Valley Forge

    Valley Forge

    Harsh winter for the troops, lack of supplies
  • French alliance

    French alliance

    They agreed to help us fight against Britain
  • Yorktown

    Yorktown

    Britain realized that they were weak compared to the Americans
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Ended the Revolutionary war
  • Preamble

    Preamble

    Intro to highest law of that land