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The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was when England was taxing alot of the other colonies for all papers and documents in the American Colonies -
French Vs Indian War
This was the war between the British and Native Americans. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was when the Native Americans could finally go past the Appalachian mountains. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was when the British was taxing all sugar. -
Townshend Act
The townshend act was when the british was taxing glass, paper, and tea. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in Boston. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Indians fighting against the Colonists. -
The Boston Tea Party
Colonists threw tea off ships -
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
Paul Revere and gave him the task of riding to Lexington, Massachusetts, with the news that British soldiers stationed in Boston were about to march into the countryside northwest of the town. -
American Revolution
The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America -
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 best known for his famous declaration, "give me liberty or give me death." -
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. -
Continental Army
The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies in the Revolutionary-era United States -
Olive Branch Petition
An offer of peace was sent by the Second Continental Congress of King George lll. -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
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.