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The French and Indian war |
A fight between the french with the Indians against the British over the land west of the Appalachian mountains. |
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The stop act |
*The stamp act was a tax against all paper including playing cards , newspapers, plain paper , marriage licenses *the colonist boycotted against this tax and refused to buy paper products, which caused the British Parliament to repel the tax |
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The Boston tea party |
A group called the sons of liberty lead by Paul revere and Samuel Adams disguised themselves as Indians and sneaked onto 3 ships filled with tea and dumped over 340 crates of tea into Boston harbor |
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The proclamation of 1763 |
A proclamation made by king George the third that banned the colonists from going west of the Appalachian mountains |
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The first continental congress |
A meeting of delegates from all the colonies except Georgia to discuss what they were going to do with Great Britian |
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The boston massacre |
It was the day of March 5,1770 when the British soldiers shot at the colonists after the colonists continued to taunt the soldiers and throw clubs and clam shells at them. |
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The battle Lexington and concord |
The first armed conflict of the revolutionary war |
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The battle of Saratoga |
*The turning point of the war *the battle was won by the colonist which caused the British to surrender which meant the Americans win that battle but they still had a long way to go *the battle of saratoga convinced the French government to recognize the colonists cause of war and enter the war as their ally |
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The surrender of Yorktown |
The battle where lord Cornwallis and his trips got lost and were surrounded by the colonists and the French which forced Lord Cornwallis to surrender him and his army which ended the revolutionary war. |
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The declaration of independence |
A document stating Americas breaking away from great Britain and they also had to explain why they were breaking away and how they wanted to do as an independent country. |
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The articles of confederation |
The first constitution of the United states |
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The treaty of Paris |
*Treaty where great Britain finally recognizes american independence *the treaty of Paris was signed in Paris by king George the 3rd and the american delegates (Adams franklin) |
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The second continental congress |
became Americas congress in 1775 after the revolution began and ended in the year of 1783 *ratified the first continental constitution , the articles of confederation , *adopted the declaration of Independence |
