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French and Indian War
Great Britain, France ,and the Indians fought over the Ohio River Valley because they wanted the land and world power, but Great Britain won. -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III resticted the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Moutains because they were reserved for the Indians. -
The Stamp Act
Parliament passed a tax on alll printed papers called the Stamp act that payed for the French and Indian War. -
Boston Massacre
Colonists taunted the British soliders which then shot in the confusion , Paul Revere called this event propaganda. -
Boston Tea Party
Paul Revere, Samuel Adams and a group of patriots did this to protest the tax passed by Parliament called the Tea Act by tossing tea into the harbor. -
1st Continentl Congress
All thirteen colonies exept Georgia met in the town of Phiadelphia to discuss the problems they had with Great Britain. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
British soldiers and minutemen fought here it was the first armed battle of the Revolutionary, and they fought at Concord and it was called the shot heard 'round the world. -
Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Franklin helped Thomas Jefferson write the important document officially aprroved July 4, 1776 -
Battle of Saratoga
Continental Army victory, but it was turning point in the war because France joined the Continental Army when they beat Great Britain. -
Surrender at Yorktown
This the end of the Revolutinary War it was an American victory,but Lord Cornwallis surrendered to the colonies. -
Treaty of Paris
Great Britain finally recognized the colonies independence and let them expand there territory to as far as the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean
