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French and Indiian War
The French and Indians fought the British over the Ohio River Valley. The Indians stopped helping the French when the British requested them something. The British won. -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III forbided the colonist from settling in the Ohio River Valley which is west of the Appalachian mountains. The land was reserved for the American Indians -
Stamp Act
Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a tax on printed paper, making the colonists pay for the French and Indian War. -
Boston Massacre
The colonists taunted the British soldiers and threw snowballs at them. The british soldiers fired and shot 5 boston citezens. -
Boston Tea Party
Son of Liberty protested the tea act. Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led Sons of Liberty. The colonists threw crates of tea in the Boston Harbor. -
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1st Continental Congress
Every colony except for georgia met up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to represent their colony. They discussed problems they had with Great Britain. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The minutemen fired at the British soldiers for the first time at Concord but at Lexington they lost againts British. -
Declaration of Independence
Thosmas Jefferson and with the help of Benjamin Franklin and John Aadms wrote the Declaration Of Independence to declare their unalienable rights. It is also to point out people's philosophies -
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Battle of Saratoga
The battle of SaratogaWar a turning point of the Revolutionary War for the colonists. Franch and Spain helped out. -
Surrender at Yorktown
The continental army with the general of George Washing and help from the French, surrounded Cornwallis while he was waiting for British ships to arrive. He had to surrender with his 8000 troops. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treat of Paris was signed by the representatives of Great Britian and U.S.A., made the country of america recognized free. This document is what ended the Revolutionary War
