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The french and Indian war
Also known as the seven years war, France was allies with the native Americans and the colonists and fought Great Britain -
The Sugar act
Great Britain had to pay for all they lost in the the french and Indian war so they started to tax the colonists. They were taxed on sugar 6 pents a gallon -
The Boston massacre
Some colonists were throwing rocks, snowballs, and stick and British soldiers during a mob. The group of soldiers ended up killing 5 colonists -
The Boston tea party
The sons of liberty were mad that their country was being taxed so they dressed up as native Americans and poured all of a British ships tea into the Boston harbor. -
First continental congress
12 representatives from the 13 colonies met together in carpenters hall as a reaction to the intolerable acts -
Second continental Congress
Representatives from all of the colonies got together and held meetings. They created the Continental army and made George Washington the general -
Bunker hill
A early fight in Revolutionary war that the British won but it still gave the colonists a boost of confidence because the amount of casualties they caused -
Lexington and Concord
Britain marched to concord and the colonists, in Lexington, were warned by Paul Revere saying "the British are coming!" They reached Lexington and they fought -
Declaration of independence
written by Thomas Jefferson, the colonists declared freedom from Great Britain on this paper and stated the problems and their rights and independence
