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The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was when England was taxing the Colonies for all papers and official documents in the American Colonies. -
French and Indian War
War between British and the Native Americans -
Proclamation of 1763
The colonist can move past the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar Act
British taxed Sugar -
Townshend Act
British taxed glass, paper or tea -
The Boston Massacre
The British shot killing 5 in the crowd. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Indians fight against Colonists. -
The Boston Tea Party
Colonists dump taxed Tea -
Intolerable acts
Serious laws were passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
Delegates from all colonies discuss problems with the British. -
Paul Reveres Midnight Ride
A patriot who helped warn the colonists about the British coming. -
American Revolution
America trying to gain independence from the British. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first military engagement of the Revolutionary War. It occurred on April 19, 1775, when British soldiers fired into a much smaller body of minutemen of Lexington green. -
Patrick Henry
Henry is probably best known for his famous declaration, "give me liberty or give me death." -
Continental Army
Army was formed in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress and led by George Washington. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
A British war to try and take over the land of the Native Americans and take over bunker hill in Charlestown Massachusetts. -
Olive Branch Petition
An offer of peace was sent by the Second Continental Congress of King George lll. -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
1776:a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation. -
The Declaration of Independence
Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free state -
Nathan Hale Executed
Captain of the Continental Army was hung on September 22, 1776, for spying on the British.