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The proclamation of 1763
when the British said no to passing over the mountains but the colonists did it anyways. they wanted to go over the mountains so they did. this upset the British because they thought that they were in control. this could've started the war because they were both mad at each other. -
The Stamp Act
this is when the British started taxing things for the colonists. this was sort of the fall out of the proclamation. the colonists thought that this was outrageous to tax because it was such basic needs -
The Boston Massacre
when the British and colonists were fighting and then a shot rang out when someone yelled fire but the red coats shot and the colonists were killed -
The Tea Act
this is when the started majorly taxing tea. this was the effect on the tea party. the Americans were angry so they started the tea party but then the british fought back with a tax on the tea -
The Boston Tea Party
this is when the colonists raided the ships and dumped all the tea into the harbor this upset the british so when they dumped tea into the harbor the british got mad. -
Intolerable Acts
4 laws that the British made broke down the rights of the colonists. these were the ultimate "rules". the colonists thought that they should make their own rules but the colonists had other ideas. -
Lexington and Concord
the first military parts of the American Revolution. they sent lots of troops to this war. they finally started sending bigger parts of their military to the other troops to fight each other. -
Bunker Hill
bunker hill was a hill where they would send troops. this was big for the colonists. bunker hill gave the colonists a better view of the British. this gave them fighting advantages -
Invasion of Canada
this was the first British move on the offensive side of things. this kind of kicked it off for Americans defensively -
Common Sense
this is a pamphlet that advocates independence from great Brittan. this was the colonist trying to be indepentdent so this upset the british because they wanted everybody to be loyalists. -
Declaration of independence
it declared independence for the colonies from the british. the delcaration of independence is one of the biggest things in history because it gives americans rights and freedom. -
Battle Of Trenton/Princeton
Gorge Washington's people defeated ending in a colonial victory. this was the biggest colonial victory which would obviously upset the british. -
Battle of Saratoga
this battle gave another victory to the Americans and this helped secure the independence of the united states of America -
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Valley Forge
this is when Washington decided to have a german troop train his soldiers so that they would come back stronger and be ready to go and win the war. -
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The War Of The South
this is where the British were encouraging the Indian allies to fight the americans. this is when the british were trying to being other allies into the war to fight the americans and win the colonists -
Yorktown
this is kind of like the ending battle of the war that was very big. there were other small battles but this one was the biggest battle towards the end.