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French and Indian War
1754-1763
-The British drove the french out of North American
- To cover costs of war, Britain placed steep tazes 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.
-These taxes affected only a certain part of the population, but the affected merchants were very vocal. Besides, the taxes were raised without the approval of the colonists. This was one of the first instances in which colonists wanted a say in how much they were taxed -
The Stamp Act
-Expensive tax stamps on newspapers and legal documents
-Americans protested
-"No taxation without representation"
-Boycotted British colonies
-Taxes repealed -
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
-Colonist boycotted british goods again -
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
-Dumped 342 chests of tea in the Boston Harbor -
The Coercive Acts(Intolerable Acts)
-Restricted the colonists rights
-Trial by jury
-British soldiers could search and move inot colonists homes -
Paul Reveres Ride
"THE BRITISH ARE COMING!!!" -
Lexington and Concord
-First battle of the revolutionary war fought at Lexington and Concord Massachusetts
-Colonists began to push for independence -
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
On October 19, 1781, Lord Cornwallis accepted the terms of surrender. Armed hostilities continued but with the Surrender of Yorktown, the American War of Independence was practically over -
Sign the Treaty of Paris
-The American War of Independence and with it, the American Revolution formally ended with the Treaty of Paris which was signed on September 3, 1783.
- The Treaty of Paris also set the boundaries of the United States – the Mississippi River in the west, Great Lakes in the north and 31st parallel in the south - and guaranteed American fishing boats access to Newfoundland.
