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French and Indian War
"The treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian war. The French received all land from the Mississippi river west, while the British received all land from the Mississippi River east." -
Writs of Assistance
Enforcing trade laws. To increase revenue and increase taxes. -
Sugar Act
Got passed in 1764 to lower the tax on molasses. -
Stamp Act
An act that allowed the government to tax stamps. -
Town Shed Act
Taxes started to be taken away. Started to tax fabrics and so women got mad and created DOL (daughters of liberty) -
Boston Massacre
Redcoats started to shoot after the colonist sais fire and were throwing rocks at the redcoats. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists dressed as Indians and started to throw the tea off of the harbor and into the water which made the redcoats made but they didn't fire at them they let them go. -
Battle in Lexington
The redcoats found out where Samuel Adams and his army were getting all of their things ready for war and went there and an all-out war happened. -
Deceleration of Independence
Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, etc started to sign the independence paper to make them independent. -
Jefferson Writes the DOI
Jefferson writing the Declaration of Independence. -
Battles of Trent and New Jersey
The battle of Trenton and New Jersey was small but had a big impact and the colonist won them. -
American and British Battle of Saratoga
The american won the battle of saratoga. -
Howe captures Philadelphia
The Philadelphia campaign was a British initiative in the American Revolutionary War to gain control of Philadelphia. -
State Constitutions
Each state has its own constitution by witch it's governed. 1777-1778 -
Congress prohibits enslaved people imported to the US
The act prohibited importation of slaves. -
Winter at Valley Forge
Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight military encampments for the Continental Army's main body. -
John Paul Jones & Serapes
The father of the U.S Navy. -
Spain Declares war on Great Britain
Declaring war against British and siding with the coloniest. -
British forces capture Charles Town
When British forces captured Charles Town and it was a major victory for them. -
British surrender at Yorktown
British surrender Yorktown to the colonist. -
Treaty of Paris
It was when representatives from great Britain and the United States signed a peace treaty.
