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french and Indian war
The french and the Indians team up on the British because they were being unfair. -
sugar act
the British taxed sugar. and no one liked it. -
common sense
written by Thomas Paine advocating independence -
Boston massacre
the shot was called the shot heard around the world. The British started fighting. -
Boston tea party
British taxed tea. The colonists destroyed it all -
first continental congress
he First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies -
second continental congress
it was another meeting with the thirteen colonies. -
bunker hill
it was fought during the siege. and it was named after the hill in Charleston. -
Lexington and concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 -
declaration of independence
the document that declared independence for america. -
siege of Yorktown
george washington crossed the delaware and captured 9000 soliders -
treaty of paris
was sighed in Paris by reps of king George 3 -
George Washington
George Washington becomes president. He later is a general for the american soliders.