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French and Indian War
- military engagements between France and Britain in the North
- "7 years war"
- ended with Treaty of Paris
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Sugar Act
-law passed by British Parliament raising prices on sugar
-also known as American Revenue Acts
-1764 -
Sons of Liberty
-secret organization that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies to advance the rights of the European colonists -Samuel Adams and Paul Revere were part of it -
Stamp Act
-tax on every piece of paper
-legal documents, licenses, newspapers
-needed to buy stamp for every paper -
Boston Massacre
- A riot in Boston between colonists and British soldiers
- 5 colonists were killed
- The British were first to become violent
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Boston Tea Party
-Protest by the sons of liberty
-protested taxes on tea
-the dumped chests of British Tea in Boston Harbor -
Quartering Acts
-American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing and food.
-colonists hated this idea
-they felt it violated the bill of rights -
First Continental Congress
-meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies
-met in Philadelphia
-took place early in American Revolution -
Intolerable Acts
-punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.
- the laws were meant to punish Massachusetts -
Battle of Trenton
-small but pivotal battle during The American Revolutionary war
- morning of December 26, 1776
- won by American forces -
Declaration of Independance
-the colonists gained independence from Great Britain
-signed in 1777
-the main writer was Thomas Jefferson -
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Battle of Saratoga
-fierce battle fought by Britain and the Americans
- Americans won the battle
- This gave them courage that they can beat Britain -
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Valley Forge
-military camp for an army led by George Washington
-they stayed for the winter
-conditions were horrible with lack of food ans winter clothes -
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Battle of Yorktown
-The last battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1781 near the seacoast of Virginia.
- British General Cornwallis surrendered to Washington's Army
- Battle that ended the war -
Treaty of Paris
-Treaty that ended the war
-signed by king George lll of Great Britain and American Representatives
-Ben Franklin and John Adams were among the Americans
