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Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 is a line that the colonist couldn't cross and caused the colonist first time breaking a British rule by moving west of the application mountains. The British got mad at the colonists cause of the breaking of the rules which then started an argument between the two sides. https://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.html -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was the first tax that was only given to american colonists by the British Parliament. All these taxes getting put on the colonists made them mad and frustrated. They started protesting and argued a lot with the British to stop the taxation.
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The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a fight in Boston. It was a fight between some British soldiers and colonists. The colonists started the fight by throwing snowballs, and calling names. The British got super mad from this and began to destroy colonists property then heard someone say "Fire" and the British began to shoot at the colonists and ended up killing a couple. This started a lot of anger between the British and colonists. -
Bunker Hill
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The Tea Act
The Tea Act is an act that strengthened and increased the taxes on the colonists tea. This act also made the colonists not able to buy tea from a different source than the British. This did not make the colonists happy because tea was like a basic need for them and the tea was used a ton by the colonists but now they are getting taxed on it because of the British.
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The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the colonists because of their anger at Britain for doing taxation without respiration. It was the first rule over the colonists and they were not happy already.
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Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts are these 4 laws that the British used to punish the colonies for the Boston tea party. Obviously the colonists were not pleased with these punishments and these acts increased more anger.
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Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord was when British troops captured Samuel Adams and John Hancock and stored arms and took ammunition. that started a fight between colonists and British but the colonists won and British troops had to requite back.
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Green Mountain Boys and Ticonderoga
This event is where the colonists went on offense, and won the battle against the British at Ticonderoga. This changed the colonist battle strategy because they saw being offensive helped them win. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a published news paper that challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. Thomas Paine was the person that published the common sense.
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Battle of Trenton and Princeton
The Battle of Trenton happened because George washingtons army defeated a station of hessian mercenaries at Trenton and had most likely no use of the continental army.
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The Declaration of Independence
The Deceleration of independence is a writing (Newspaper) that summarizes the Colonists motivations on seeking and getting their Independence. The Deceleration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress.
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Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga happened in New York. The Americans won this battle this win really boosted their confidence. This confidence that the Americans had had an impact on the outcome of the war because they have better thoughts of winning and going in the war more "Powerful" -
Continental Army Wintering Valley Forge
Valley Forge was the winter camp that George Washington proved his mettle. They went to this camp during cold, and harsh weather and when they were short on supplies.
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The War in the South/Charleston
This war was against the British and the Americans. It had some damage and was during the American revolution so it increased the outcome of the revolution. -
battle of Yorktown
The battle of Yorktown was against Great Britain and Americans. This battle went on 3 weeks. The American leader George Washington and Britain leader was Charles Cornwallis.