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A war between England and France known in Europe as the 7 years war.
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This forbade Colonists to settle west fo the Appalachian Mountains out of fear that Colonists might become independent from Britain.
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This was the first real tax that was enforced by Britain.
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This required all legal documents to have a stamp that can be bought from tax collector.
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This Act stated that Parliament had full authority to make laws and taxes binding on the Colonies.
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This made merchants have to pay taxes before they unloaded their goods.
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A street mob consisting of Colonists attacks British troops guarding British customs house.
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This was a small tax on tea and was mostly set up just so Parliament could show who was in control.
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A group of Colonists dressed up as Indians and threw tea into the Boston Harbor because British refused to return the tea back to England.
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It was issued in response of the Boston Tea Party. It consited of the quartering of troops act, it put Gage a Governor of Massachusetts, suspended the Massachusetts Charter, and it closed the Boston Harbor.
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It was the first military ingagements of the war and it was where "the shot heard round the world" was at.
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The Colonist go inteligence that the British were going to control the hills surrounding Boston so they occupied Breed's Hill which is where this battle took place.
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It was adopted by the Continental Congress to prevent a full blown war with Britain. It ensured American loyalty to Great Britain and asked the King to prevent further onflict.
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This book presented the idea the America should fight for freedom from Britain when independence was still undecided.
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It is a document signed by representatives from the thirteen colonies that said they were independent states from Great Britain.
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A war between the American colonies and England which was fought for independence from England.
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Washington is defeated by General Howe but Howe fails to completely destroy Washington's army. (ends December 7, 1776)
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This siege was to prevent movement by the British troops and to keep them in Boston.
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George Washington attacks the German mercinaries, Hessians, while they were asleep. This victory boost the morale of the Colonists.
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The British General Burgoyne attacks the Colonists through Canada but fails to meet up with General Howe and cut off the Colonists from the South. (ends October 19, 1777)
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General Howe barely defeats George Washington here. This battle is Washington's first offensive battle.
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It was an agreement among the thirteen colonies that legally established the US as a confederation of sovereign states and also served as its first constitution.
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This was a encampment where Washington trained his men to be proper soldiers. (marched out on June 19, 1778)
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It was one of the major battles that took place towards the end of the war. It was the biggest loss of troops suffered by the Continental Army in the war.
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The battle was a major victory in the South for the British and it changes US strategy in the South.
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This is the last major land battle of the rest of the war. (ends October 19, 1781)
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This was the treaty to end the Revolutionary war.
