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French And Indian War
The war lasted 7 years
The war became a world war
The british started to build their own forts
It was between the french and some of the indians in north america
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Sugar Act
The sugar act of 1764 was the first law passed by the parliament to raise tax revenue from the colonies. It taxed the people for foreign sugar imparted from the west indians -
The Quartering Act 1774
They made it where you were forced to have a british soldier live with you and you had to feed them meals
It changed people's lives and money because they had to pay more for another british soldier and had to to make them feel like they were home -
The Boston Massacre
A group of people got together and was mad they were throwing things and insulting the guards.
The guards got mad and so they started to fight back and they killed 5 people in the group -
Tea Act
This caused it to be okay for them to sell tea without paying import tax, they keep taking it away putting it back then taking it away again.the company used its own ships and sellers thus cutting out business for colonial merchants and caused protest
Some companies used its own method to ship and sell, which caused the people to get mad and protest about it -
The Boston Tea Party
Massachusetts colonist boarded british ships to go dumb 342 chests of tea into the boston river cause taxes were too high -
Boston Port Act
The Boston port act was designed to secure Great britain's jurisdictions over american dominions -
Patrick Henry's “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” Speech
during the movement for independence in virginia at the end of Henry's speech he said " Give me liberty or give me death." everyone remembers this now cause liberty is important -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
the first military arrangement of the american revolutionary war -
Battle of Ticonderoga
This served at a key point of access to both Canada and the hudson river valley during the french and indian war. This was a small-scale conflict, but this was the first American victory of the Revolutionary war. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Although the americans lost this battle this still had significant casualties against the enemy, which provided them an important confidence boost. -
George Washington is Named Commander in Chief
He was named commander in chief on June 19,1775, he was selected over other candidates such as John Hancock -
Declaration of Independence is written and signed by delegates in the Continental Congress
This happened in July 1776, the main purpose of this was to explain to other nations about how and why the colonies had chosen to separate themselves from Great Britain, the Revolutionary war had already begun and had already had several battles -
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Battle of Saratoga
The battle of saratoga was a turning point in the american revolutionary war. On October 17, 1777 had 5,895 British Hessian troops surrendered their arms. -
Alliance is Made between the Rebels and the French
the french decided to back the U.S. in military efforts until the U.S. had full independence from Great Britain -
Thomas Paine Writes Common Sense
Thomas just wanted another point of view kind of, he wanted to see what was happening. He was kind of helping the colonist/ people, he was helping them by telling them that they need to fight against the unfair and unjust ways of King George lll and the British Parliament -
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Battle of Yorktown
This battle can also be known as the Siege of yorktown, This battle was a decisive victory by a combined force of american army troops led by general george washington and french army -
General Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at Yorktown
This happend october 19, 1781 Cornwallis brought 8,000 british troops to yorktown. they expected more help to show up that they sent from New York but those ships never arrived -
Peace Treaty Signed ending the American Revolution recognizing US independence.
Negotiated between the united states and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American Independence. The came up with something called Continental Congress and named five commission to negotiate a treaty.