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French and Indian War
The French and English wanted the same land so they started to fight for it. The Indians helped the French but still the Colonies captured it. -
Proclamation of 1763
It made it so colonist could not settle west pass a line. -
Townshend Act
The British government taxed paper, paint, lead, and glass, which were not produced in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Son of Liberty for taxing tea. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was when the British government put a tax on tea and made the colonist pay it. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia in May 1775, soon after the launch of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Lexington
The first battle of the American Revolution. The shot heard around the world happen in this battle. -
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
The colonists surprised the British by attacking during an early morning storm. They quickly took the fort and its supply of weapons. -
Bunker Hill
The colonist lost the battle but they didn't go down without a fight. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a document by Thomas Jefferson declaring independence for America. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. -
Stamp Act
The British government put a tax on all paper products that the colonist were had to pay. -
Washington crosses the Delaware
Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware right before the Battle of Trenton on Christmas. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small battle during the American Revolutionary War. This was when George Washington crossed the Delaware. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was the major turning point in the war. -
French provides aid to the colonists
The French help the colonist after they win the Battle of Saratoga. -
Siege of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown was the last battle in the war. America won the war. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War.
