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Acts of British Parliament
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Treaty of Paris(1763)
France and Great Britian sighned. This official ended the war.The treaty stated that the war "had spread trouble in four parts of the world." Now the two sides wanted peace. -
Stamp Act
Required the colonists to pay adirect tax on all paper used. Colonists had to use stamped paper from London for all printed materials. -
Townshend Acts
Taxed the import of paper,lead,paint,glass, and tea. Cut tea taxes in Britian. Setup British courts in the colonies to enforce act. -
Boston Massacre
The colonist nad the redcoats were disareeing and the red coats shot at the colonist. -
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1773 through 1776 Timeline
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Tea Act
Tried to help the British East India Company by shipping its surplus tea to the colonies to sell below the price of colonial merchants. -
Boston Tea Party
Members of the sons of liberty dressed themselves up as Mohawk Indians and destroyed over 92,000 pounds of tea. -
First Continental Congress
They met in Philidelphia. The congress had 56 colonial delegates, including John and Samuel Adams. -
Edenton Tea Party
When the women stood up with their men saying that they will not buy any british clothes. -
Intolerable Acts
Kept in place duties on important tea and allowed the British East Indian company to export directly to the colonist. -
Paul Revere
He was a member of the sons of liberty and he was one of the two men who rode to tell the minutemen that the british was coming. -
Mecklenburg Resolves
Declared made in Mecklenburg County in 1775 that British laws would no longer be in forced. -
Gen. Thomas Gage
British general he decided to take away the minutemen's wepons and ammunation. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
When British troops are sent to confiscate colonial wepons, they ran into an untrained and angery militia. This ratag army defeats 700 British soliders and the suprise victory blosters their confidence for the war ahead. -
George Washington
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Siege of Boston
The colonists surprised the British by attacking during an early morning storm. -
Second Continental Congress
representatives from 12 of the colonies met in th city of Philadelphia. The leaders of the Congress had to decide how to react to the fighting. -
Bunker Hill
Most of the fightening took place on Breed's Hill. The outnumbered colonist turned back several assasults. Yet, they eventually ran out ammunition and had to retreat. The British suffered more than 1,000 casualties,compared to about 400 for the colonist. -
Olive Branch Petition
This petition was so named becasue the olive branch is a symbol of peace. -
Continental Army
The leaders of the congress had to decide how to reach to the fighting. -
Halifax Resolves
Document giving North Carolina delegates the power to declare indepence along with the other American colonies.
