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Revolution
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Royal Proclamation of 1763
A law put in place by the King of England preventing settlers to move west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp act of 1765
A tax on all paper goods coming into the colonies. -
Townshend Taxes and the Boston Massacre
The Townshend Taxes were a group of taxes, that taxed many necessary goods at the Boston port, and the Boston Massacre was a when a group of colonists were protesting to a group of British soldiers and the soldiers began firing on the colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists boarded three British cargo ships loaded with tea and dumped it into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
A set of acts that were put in place by the King in response to the Boston Tea Party -
Second Continental Congress
A group of around 50 delegates from the thirteen colonies discussing the formation of the Continental Army. -
The First Continental Congress
A meeting of delagates from twelve colonies,(Georgia sent no delegates) they discussed gaining independence from Britain. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The British were en route to Concord to capture weapons from the colonists and that resulted in the Battles of Lexington and Concord. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
A battle in which the Americans had dug into the side of a hill and killed nearly 1,000 British soldiers, showing they could hold their own against the British -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It showed the colonists view and how they were being treated unfairly. -
Declaration of Independence
The document that declared America's independence from Britain. -
Battles of Saratoga
Turning point for the American's, pushed the British back to the coast. -
Battle of Yorktown
The final battle in the American Revolution and the Americans won with the aid of the French Navy. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty between France and America, and the British.
