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George Washington
- the leader of the colonist side in the war
- one of the founding fathers of the United States of America
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French and Indian War
- it was 9 years
- the fight was between the natives and the british and the french and the british
- the fight was to see if france or britian had the higher power over north america
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Sugar Act
- merchants where recired to pay tax on sugar and molasses
- the british wanted to stop the iligal trade and smuggling
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Townshed Act
- Laws passed by Parliment
- set taxes on imports to the colonist
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Boston Massacure
- the british army soilders where in the middle of town when they had open fired on the croud of people after being harrased and kiling 5 people
- the colonist where a mob and where throughing things they could find at the british.
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Boston Tea Party
- it was political
- the colonist dressed as native americans and dummed 342 cheast of british tea into the Harbor
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Intolarable acts
-a series of laws set up by parliment
- they where to punish Massachusetts for the protest againts British Law -
Bunker Hill
- british won this battle
- was in massatusets
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Decolation of Independance
- wrote by many people, Thomas Jefferson being the main person writing it -document that said the United States was an independent nation
- ended the war
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Battle of Trenton
won by the colonist -
- small but pivotial batlle in the war
- nearly an entrie hassen force was captured -
Battle of Saratoga
- won by the colonist
- a British surrender at this battle making this battle a turning point in the war
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Vally Forge
- British froces had captured the colonist capital of Philidephia
- there where 11,00 soilders station there and hundrends died from disease
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Battle of Monmouth
- this battle was a tecnical draw
- was fought in a court house
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Battle of York Town
- battle that gave colonist victory in the war
- the british surender to the colonist
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Tready of Paris
- Tready that officaly eended the war
