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A seven year war between Britian and France for new world territory. Britian won this battle and the colonies were born. -
Allowed British soldiers to take refuge in people's homes and be provided with food. This upset the American colonists. -
Patrick Henery criticized the Parliament's authority of taxing the colonists. -
An act that put taxes on all paper goods which upset the colonists. -
Britain put a tax on imported goods to American colonies. -
Nine British soldiers shot and killed five patriots in a group of protestors verbally insulting the soldiers. -
An American protest by the Sons of Liberty snuck on board a boat carrying tea and dumped it in the water. -
A series of laws that were instituted in the American colonies after the Boston Tea party. -
A reaction to the intolerable Acts and they decided on a boycott of British goods. -
It gave Virginia colony the motivation to raise a militia in order to defend their freedom. -
American victory against British forces drove the British back to Boston. -
An eleven-month time period where the American militia kept the British at Boston after the Battle of Bunker hill. -
Appointed ambassadors and generals to the army. -
The British defeated the Americans. Despite their loss, the colonies gained a confidence boost after the Siege of Boston. -
Thomas Paine published a pamphlet that argued for American Independence. -
A document that recognized America's separation from Britain. -
Encampment of George Washington's army was exposed to smallpox which killed nearly 2,000 men. -
France was helping America financially as well as sending french soldiers to fight against Britain. -
A battle between the Americans and French soldiers against the British ultimately led to British troops surrendering. -
Britain recognized America as independent and gave them some territory.