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American Revolution
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The French and Indian War
This was when the British fought against the French. This is the main event that brought the American Revolution. -
The end of the French and Indian war
The French and Indian war ended with the British coming out victorious. -
The Stamp Act
This was when Great Britain imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known to the British as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when the colonists threw crates of tea overboard multiple boats because they didn't want to have to pay taxes on tea. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. -
Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was initially a convention of delegates from several British American colonies at the height of the American Revolution era, who spoke and acted collectively for the people of the Thirteen Colonies that ultimately became the United States of America. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
The Declaration of Independence
This is one of the most important documents in history. This was the moment when the 13 colonies all took independence from the British rule. -
George Washington crosses the Delaware
George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of during the American Revolutionary War, was the first move in a surprise attack organized by George Washington against the Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey.
