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french and indian war
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies -
townshend act
The Townshend Acts were a series of British Acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 and relating to the British in North America. -
boston massacre
The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, -
Tea act
The Tea Act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies -
Boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies -
intolerable acts
DescriptionThe Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies -
Sugar act
Titled The American Revenue Act of 1764. On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. -
battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26 -
Common sense
Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies -
Declaration of independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress -
valley forge
Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight military encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington. In September 1777 -
battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War -
George Washington
George Washington was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America and served as the nation's first president -
Siege of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the Siege of Little York -
treaty of paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence
