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French and Indian war
This war was with the French and British wanted to get the ohio river valley because of the fertile soil there. -
Proclamation of 1763
King George lll restricted colonist to move west of the Appalachain Mountains and if they lived there they had to get out. -
Stamp Act
this act was made to help keep britsh soilders in the colonys and pay for the french and Indian war -
Boston Massacre
Colonist taunted one british soilder guarding the costoms house then more guards came into the fray and five colonist died -
Boston Tea Party
led by Samuel Adams and Pual Revere and this was protesting the tea act and got the patriots ready. -
1 Continental Congress
first meeting of the continentail congress without Georgia was to decuss problems with great britian becuase of the boston massacre. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
This was the first armed battles with the british to fight back and had the shot heard around the world. -
Decalration of Independance
a letter to england saying that they are breaking away wrote by thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin approved on July 4 1776 -
Battle of Saratoga
With this battle he French became our ally it was an American victory and is now called the turning point. -
Surrender at Yoktown
Lord Cornwallis was trapped and had no supplies and was forced to surrender marking the end and the american victory. -
Treaty of Paris
a treaty setting the U.S. borders from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and it reconized that U.S. colonies were now independentfrom Great Britain.
