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The Treaty of Paris ends the French and Indian War. France surrenders all of its North American possessions east of the Mississippi to Britain. This ends a source of insecurity for the British colonists along the Atlantic Coast. -
It was a British tax on all published materials. The colonies were opposed to this and was eventually repealed. -
A series of taxes on imported goods. This let to colonial boycott on these goods. -
It was a riot in Boston, Massachusetts. Angry colonist attacked a lone soldier which caused more troops to arrive. This turned into violence and five colonists were killed. -
Massachusetts colonists dressed up as Indians and threw tons of tea into the harbor. They did this because they were angry at the tea monopoly created by the British government. -
These acts are punitive measures against the colonists. Britain was angry that the colonists did the Boston Tea Party. These acts continued to anger the colonist and led to revolution. -
This was the first armed conflict of the revolutionary war. The colonist were outnumbered and outgunned but they inflicted casualties on the British. This created support for the Revolution -
A battle fought right after Lexington and Concord where American patriots proved that they were able to hold themselves against the British Army. -
This Battle was a major morale boost and convinced the French, Spanish and Dutch to join Americas cause against a mutual rival. This became a major turning point in the Revolution. -
A six- month encampment of General George Washington’s continental army during the winters of 1777-1778 -
A joint Franco- American sea and land campaign that trapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia. Forcing its surrender and it essentially ended military operations in the American Revolution. -
FIghting continued at sea between the British and America’s European allies. By the terms of the Treaty of Paris Britain recognized the independence of the United States.