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Townshend Act
This act was named after Charles Townshend. He Took the position of chancellor in 1766. He was a stong supporter of colonial taxation. -
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Sugar ACt
The sugar act was proposd by prime minester George Grenville. THe sugar act was proposed to raise revenu to lower the military cost of protecting the Thirteen Colonies when Britain was buried in their own debt from the French and Indian war. This also increased the enforcement of smuggling laws. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris was between Britain and the United States. It ended the Revolutionary war and recongnized American Independence. -
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Stamp Act
The stamp act was passed by the British Parliment and it placed taxes on all printed on paper such as : money, newspaper, legal documents etc. -
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Quartering Act
This act was passed by the Parliment and given two acts. It basically stated that all citizens must house British soldiers. -
Boston Massacre
This was the killing of 5 Colonits by British regulars. -
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2nd Continental Congress
This was a convention of Delegates from the 13 Colonies that started meeting soon after the war. -
1 Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from sixteen colonies that met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
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Intolerable Act
This was the American Patriots name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliment in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. -
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Lexington and Concord
This was a battle between the Thirteen colonies and the British. -
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Battle of Bunkere Hill
This was when the Britsh faugh against the Americans and won on Bunker Hill. It was origially faught on a different hill, but they have the monument on Bunker Hill because it is a bigger hill. -
Olive Breanch Petition
This was written to avoid full war between the Thirteen Colonies that the confress represented and Great Britain, -
Declaration Of Independence
This was written to delcare indepencede againt the British. -
Battle of Princeton and Trenton
This was when GW army crosseed the Deleware River. Over the course of 10 days they won two crutial battle of the Revolution. The battle of Trenton was GW defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. A week later he returned to Trenton to lure British forces south, then executed a daring night march to capture Princeton -
Battle of Saratoge
Burgoyne’s troops surrender to Gates at Battle of Saratoga
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Battle of Camden
South Carolina was a lopsided victory for the British during the American Revolutionary War -
Battle of King's Mountain
This may be considered a big turning point in the war for independence. The victory of rebelling American Patriots over British Loyalist troops completely destroyed the left wing of Cornwallis' army. This decisive battle successfully ended the British invasion into North Carolina and forced Lord Cornwallis to retreat from Charlotte into South Carolina to wait for reinforcements. -
Battle of Cowpens
American troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan routed British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. The Americans inflicted heavy casualties on the British, and the battle was a turning point in the war’s Southern campaign. -
Battle of Yorktown
British General Cornwallis sets up camp on a peninsula at Yorktown. Waiting to re-supply. American re-enfourcements arrive from NY. GW and Lafayette have twice as many troops as British. Patriots hit British with heavy artillery. British have no place to go. October 19, 1781 Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown. The war is essentially over -
Treaty of Paris 1783
This was signed by Britain, France and Spain. This ended the French and Indian war between the Great Britain, France and their allies. -
Procloimation Line 1763
A primary grievence between Britain and the Thriteen Colonies. This was a major cause of the American Revolution -
Boston Tea Party
This was when the colonists were dressed as Native Americans. The Colonists dumped the tea in the water dressed as Native Americans. -
Common Sence Crisis
In the Crisis Thomas Paine argues for American Independence
