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French and Indian war
British drove French out of North America -
Stamp Act
-Expensive tax stamps on nespapers and legal documents
-colonist boycotted british goods -
The Declaratory Act
Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the colonies -
The Townshend Acts
-tax on basic items like glass, tea, paper, and lead
-colonist boycotted british goods -
Boston Massacre
Boston soldiers were harrassed by civilians and they fired upon the crowd killing 5 and wounding 6 -
The Boston Tea Party
-colonist dressed up as Native Americans dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor -
The Coercive Acts(Intolerable acts)
acts like the quartering act that colonist took it to far -
1st Continental congress
Made a letter and sent it to King George III that demanded rights -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
-First battle of the American Revolution
-colonist begin to push for independence -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Americans dug in at top of hill and held British off untill they ran out of ammo. It was a moral victory for colonist -
2nd Continental Congress
Created a document to announce independence and then signed it -
The battle of Saratoga
Marked the turning point in the war because the American victory gave France a reason to openly support the US -
French alliance
The US and French sign the French alliance -
Surrender of Yorktown
British troops were trapped by the land and sea campaign of French and American troops and were forced to surrender which ended the war -
Signature of the Treaty of Paris
Recognized America's independence
