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Great Britain fought against France because they wished to remain a World Power
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Followed the French and Indian War, ordered by King George the Third. The king of Great Britain denied the Colonists the abiity to move west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Other acts passed were passed by British parliament to try to make the colonists pay for the French and Indian War
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Occured when colonists in Boston threw snowballs and insulted a British guard. More colonists came and more guards came.
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The Boston Tea Party was called the Tea Act. The colonists were taxed on tea in 1773 and they threw it into the harbor
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All of the Colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia to discuss problems with Great Britain at the First Continental Congress
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Paul Revere rode to warn that the British regulars were coming to
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The Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia approved the Declaration of Independence in 1776
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This was the turning point of the war. Americans won the major battle and France decided to aid the Americans
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This was the last major battle of the war. It became surrender of Yorktown because General Cornwallis surrendered
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After 2 years of the Compromising Great Britain finally recognized the United States
