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French and Indian War
The British drove the french out of American To cover costs of war, Britain placed taxes on American Colonies -
The Sugar Act
Put a three-cent tax on foreign refined sugar and increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. -
The Stamp Act
Expensive tax stamps on newspapers and legal documents
No taxation without representation -
The Declaratory Act
Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for colonies -
The Townshend Acts
Tax on basic items such as glass, tea, paper and lead -
Boston MAssacre
Group of 9 british soldiers opened fire on the crowd killing 5 and and wounding 6 men -
The Boston Tea Party
In 1773 a group of colonist dressed as Native Americans and
dumped 342 chests of tea in the Boston Harbor -
The Coercive Acts
Restricted the colonists rights
Trial by jury
British soldiers could search and move inot colonists homes -
Paul Reveres Ride
The Britush are Coming -
Lexington and Concord
First battle of the revolutionary war fought at Lexington and Concord Massachusetts -
Battle of Bunker Hill(Breeds hill)
Americans had dug in on top of the hill
British charged hill 3 times
Colonist ran out of ammo
Moral victory for americans/ showed they could stand up to professional soldiers -
Adoption of the Declaration of Independence
The 2nd continental congress adopted this document which proclaimed the 13 colonies independent. -
Battle of Saratoga
These battles marked the climax of the saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the americans over the british in the american revolutionary war -
Surrender of Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis accepted the terms of surrender. the American War of Independence was practically over -
Sign the Treaty of Paris
he American Revolution formally ended
