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Period: 1763 BCE to
French and Indian war
Compromised the North American theater of the worldwide seven years war -
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Sugar Act
Law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 raising duties on foreign refined sugar. -
Period: to 1765 BCE
Stamp Act
An act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies. -
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The Boston Massacre
Arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops. -
Period: to 1 BCE
The Tea Act
Colonists boarded East India Company ships and dumped their loads of tea overboard. -
Period: to 1 BCE
The Boston Tea party
A raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor -
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Boston Port Act
An Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which became law -
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Thomas Paine writes common sense
Common Sense was published in 1776 it was a pain language that Thomas Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain. -
Period: to 1 CE
Battle of Bunker Hill
On June 17 1775 early in the Revolutionary War the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. -
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Battle of Ticonderoga
The battle of Ticonderoga was a minor war at fort carillon the date was July 27,1759 during french and Indian war -
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Battle of Yorktown (Timespan)
The war started on 1781 and george washington deployed 17 thousand French and Continental troops against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis And he only had 9 thousand troops -
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Battle of Saratoga. What is significant about this battle?(Timespan)
Secured a critical French alliance for the Americans during the American Revolution. -
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The Quartering Act 1774
The Quartering Act of 1774 was supposed happen every 2 years.In 1774 British parliament modified the act which was included as in a package of five -
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Patrick Henry's “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” Speech
Patrick Henry was a Virginia lawyer and politician Patrick Henry 1736 to 1799 was one of the leading figures of the American Revolutionary period Patrick Henry did. -
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George Washington is Named Commander in Chief
A leader of the revolutionary movement in Virginia, a former commander of Virginia's frontier forces -
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
The battle started on April 19 1775 was the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
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Declaration of Independence is written and signed by delegates in the Continental Congress
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Alliance is Made between the Rebels and the French.
The Americans got the French to sign a truse between them and became trading partners -
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General Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at Yorktown
General Cornwallis played key role in the great British victories -
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Peace Treaty Signed ending the American Revolution recognizing US independence.
Signed in Paris by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay under the terms of the treaty.