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Revolution
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Royal Proclamation of 1763
It was a law creat by King George III to not allow colonist move to the west. -
Stamp Act of 1765
This was a law to help the colonies have soilders (army) & to pay of the debt from the previous war. -
Townshend Taxes
These were enforced taxes but the governemnt made them in an nonobvious way, so the colonist wouldn't know. -
Boston Massacre
It was a confrontation between crowds and the soldiers where 5 got killed. -
Boston Tea Party
This is where the government taxed the tea to give the indies more money and the colonist weren't to happe about it. -
Intolerable Act
It is where the king made laws for the land to be protected which were to be under military control, no town meetings with kings approval & he close the Boston harbor. -
The 1st Continental Congress
There was 55 delegates, 12 colonies in a group and they were the ones that wanted to make laws in 1774. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
It was known as “Shot heard ‘round the world” and this is where the British tired to sieze a stash of weapons. -
Second Continental Congress
It was a group of people including George Washington who made the Continental Army. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
It was the bloodiest war, because 3 waves of British soldiers went until they took over the hill & 1000 Soldiers/400 colonist died. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
It was written for common people so they could read and it was the 1st doc asking for freedom. -
Declaration of Independence
It was a document that had 55 delegates signatures to delcare our independence form Britain. -
Battles of Saratoga
There was 2 battles; freeman's farm & Bernis Heigths. -
Battle at Yorktown
This is the battle when the Birtish cut off the supply of weapons to them, that made us win the war. -
Treaty of Paris
This was a link that ended the war, which put out the rules for the lossing side of the war. They have to obey all their commands.
