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French Indian War
france great britain were fighting in north america for control of the ohio river valley. the war lasted 9 years and was incredibly expensive. great britain started to tax the colonies heavliy to pay off the debt. this led to the first major disagrecent between the colonies and the crown -
valley forge
On December 19th, 1777, 12,000 soldiers and 400 women and children marched into Valley Forge and began to build what essentially became the fourth largest city in the colonies at the time, with 1,500 log huts and two miles of fortifications. -
battle of bunker hill
It was one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolution. Victory at Bunker Hill came at a terrible price for the British, with nearly half of the 2,200 Redcoats who entered the battle killed or wounded in just two hours of fighting. -
stamp act
The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. -
Boston massacre
The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street BOSTON on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th . -
Boston Tea Party & Intolerable Acts
When a group of Bostonians destroyed hundreds of crates of British tea on December 16, 1773, rather than pay taxes on them, Britain reacted by passing these Coercive Acts.