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Pre-Revolution and Revolution
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Proclamation of 1763
-Great Britain did not want to pay for more soldiers to protect the colonists so they for bid them from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act of 1765
-A tax on documents that require stamps. These taxes were meant to pay debt that Britain accumulated during wars. -
Townshend taxes
- Where an indirect tax on goods coming in to port.
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The Boston Tea Party
-Colonists board three ships and and dump 15 thousand pounds of tea off the ships. -
The Intolerable acts
-Acts that were deemed very harsh by the colonists and caused colonial unrest. -
The First continental congress
-An illegal group created to rebel against the British and be prepared for war. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
-First Battle of the revolution happened at Lexington and Concord is where the British thought they were going to rad for supplies and the colonists got there first. -
Second Continental Congress
-They Created the Continental army to fight as one military force. -
Battle of Bunker hill
-Was the bloodiest battle of the war take a total of 1400 wounded or dead, 1000 on Britain's side and 400 on the colonies. -
Thomas Paine’s Common Sence
-The first document that common people could understand and to show them that they could achieve independence. -
Declaration of Independence
-Document that expressed to Britain that the colonies were taking their Independence. -
Battles of Saratoga
-Two Battles one in Freemans farm and one in Bemis hights. -
Battle of Yorktown
-A great victory for the colonists were the french held off the British and choked their resources. -
Treaty of Paris
-Treaty that was made that gave the colonists the land that Britain once held.
