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French and Indian war
This war was over westward expansion and whether either the french or british could gain the land over the ohio river valley -
Treaty of 1763
This was the treaty that ended the French and Indian War -
proclamation of 1763
This proclamation stopped the colonist from expanding out westward -
stamp act
The basis of this act was to tax all paper products including stamps paper and even newspapers -
boston massacre
This was a massacre but it was an accidental issue by misfire that resulted in a massacre -
committees of correspondences
This was a small group of patriots who are for the U.S. before the Sons Of Liberty were a thing. -
boston tea party
This was an event made by the Sons Of Liberty, because they were tired of getting taxed on tea and sugar while only the rich could afford it so they threw every barrel of tea overboard in the massachusetts bay -
intolerable acts
These were laws put in post Boston Tea Party, because of the actions they portrayed and therefore this was the colonies punishment -
battle of bunker hill
This was a major pivotal moment in the American Revolution, because the battle was won by the patriots who rained hellfire on the british -
publication of common sense
This was a famous book that impacted the U.S. by showing the moralities between people, laws, and even government workers -
declaration of independence
This was the document that proclaimed our freedom, independence, and let us secede from the control of the U.K. to where we could form our own government and democracy that no other country had before -
valley forge
This was a camp that George Washington and his army were for 6 months, and 20 miles away from Philadelphia after it got captured the the redcoats -
battle of saratoga
in this one fight there were actually two battles that were just eighteen days apart and was also another pivotal moment for the patriots -
battle of cowpens
This was a misconceived battle by the british who didn't realize what the americans were doing and ended them up in over 800 casualties including injuries and overall a devastating loss to the british but an amazing win for the patriots -
battle of yorktown
This was a battle that the british had surrendered to the army George Washington led -
treaty of paris 1783
This was the treaty that ended the American Revolution
