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French and Indian war
The frech and indian war was faught between the british and the french (allied with the native americans) over land on the ohio river. -
Treaty of Paris 1763
The treaty ended the French and indain war and gave britain more land form the french. -
Proclaimation of 1763
Prevented the Colonists from settling west of the Appilations -
Sugar Act
Lowered the tax on molassis but raised the enforcement. -
Stamp act
Put a tax on all legal documents -
Declaritory act
Gave parlement power over the colonists legeslator. -
Townshend dutys
Taxed lead glass paper and tea -
Boston Masecre
British fired amog colonists killing five -
Intolerable Acts
Closed Boston Harbor, alowed the quatering of soldirs in civilan homes and made Gerneral Gadge govener -
Tea Act
Forced colonist to buy tea from the east indian trading company -
Boston Tea Party
intoxicated colonist dumped british tea into the boston harbor -
Common Sense
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Lexington and Concord
Frist battle of the revolutinoary war. Britsih go after a colonist stokaed and are frired apon by malitia -
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Revolutionary war
Americas war for independence from great brittain -
Battle of Bunker Hill
A British victory , colonoist had a foritfied position on a hill and were only overrun for a lack of ammunition. -
Oliv branch pettition
Tried to make peace with britan was rejected -
Seige of Boston
British beseiged boston bloakading the harbor but were eventually fended off. -
Decleration of independence
Colonist declared independence form britain -
Battle of New York
Washington is badly defeated in on Long Island -
Battle of trenton
Washinto Sneek atacks the hessions the day after Christmas -
Battle of Germantown
After a long winter at Vally Forge the colonist went on the offence and attacked the british at Germantown. The colonist were defeated because of their fighting skills. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation served as America's first constitution. -
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Battle Of Charlestown
Ben Lincoln surrenders 5,000 soldiers to Cornwallis. It was decicily a British victory but the British took heavy losses. -
Battle of Charlestown
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Battle of Camden
A major victory for the Brits. Led by Hration Gates, the Colonists were boged down and crushed by Cornwallis -
Battle of Yorktown
Colonist defeat Cornwallice with the help of the frech, who supplied soldiers and blockaed the harbor preventing an escape. This is efectively the last battle of the war.