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French and Indian War
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. The British government-imposed taxes on the colonies -
Stamp Act
This act was imposed to provide increased revenue to meet the of the British Empire -
Townshend Acts
Attempt to assert what is considered to be it historic right to exert authority over the colonies through suspension -
Boston Massacre
British officers were threatened by mob harassment opened fire and killed 5 people. -
Boston Tea Party
Bostonians disguised as Mohawk people boarded ships at anchor and dumped $1,000,000 worth of tea -
Intolerable Acts
British Parliament enacted 4 measures which were the Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, and Quartering Act -
First Continental Congress convenes
First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia. 56 delegates represented all the colonies except Georgia -
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere rode from Charlestown to Lexington to warn that the British were marching from Boston to size colonial armory at Concord -
Battle of Bunker Hill
2,300 British troops cleared the hill of the entrenched Americans, but 40% of the army was killed. Moral victory for the Americans -
Declaration Of Independence adopted
After Congress recommended that the colonies form their own government, the Declaration Of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson -
Washington crosses Delaware
George Washington and the Continental Army crossed the ice-strewn Deleware River, Surprising the Bristish at dawn taking 900 prisoners -
France and the U.S form an alliance
France has sent financail and material aid to the Americans since 1776. France then began preparing fleets and armies to enter the fight but did not formally declare war on Britain until June 1778 -
Articles of Confederation ratified
These Articles were a plan of a government organization that served as a bridge between the initial government by the Continental Congress. -
Siege of Yorktown
Washington's army and a force under the French placed at Yorktown under siege, and Cornwallis surrendered his army of more than 7,000 men on October 29, 1781 -
Treaty of Paris
The British finally recognized the Independence of the U.S with generous boundaries, including the Mississippi River on the west. Britain retained Canada but ceded East ad West Florida to Spain
