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French and Indian war
-Between Colonist and New France
-Lead to treaty of Paris -
Proclamation line
-Prohibited westward expansion
-Colonist still moved westward -
Sugar act
-Tax to increase revenue
-Lead to protest in the colonies -
The Stamp Act
-Tax on every piece of printed paper
-Colonist protest and refuse to pay -
Townshend Act
-Law that taxed imported goods
-Colonies stopped importing goods to protest -
Boston Massacre
-Confrontation were British shot and killed 5 colonist
-Made colonist very weary about British rule -
Boston Tea Party
-Protest were sons of liberty threw crates of tea into the Boston harbor - Lead Britain to pass the intolerable acts -
Intolerable act
-Five laws passed after the Boston Massacre
-Britain felt they had to punish the colonies -
Battle of Bunker Hill
-Battle was fought early in the Revolution in Boston
-The British won this battle -
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Battle of Long island
-Battle between the Colonist and British for New York
-British wins which gets them strategic control of New York -
Battle of Trenton
-George Washington crossed the Deleware and fought and won two battles -This pumped the Americans up for war -
Battle of Princeton
-Battle between Colonist and British in New Jersey
-Colonist win and Britain has to retreat to New York -
Battle of Monmouth
-Colonist attacked the rear of the British army
-The battle ended in a draw -
Battle of Camden
-The colonist had very bad dysentery but still chose to fight
-This lead to a crushing defeat of the colonist -
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Battle of Yorktown
-Final battle between the colonist and Britain
-The colonist defeated Britain and get the General to surrender
