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Navigation Acts
The English government forced the colonies to send over the raw materials to England even if they could get a better price somewhere else. -
Molasses Act
British law that imposed a tax on molasses, sugar, and rum imported from non-British foreign colonies into the North American colonies. -
Fort Necessity
Was formed by a militia and the leader was George Washington and he built it to fight against fort duquesne. -
French and Indian war
The french put up forts in the Ohio river valley so the British put up one fort and the french destroyed it and that started the seven year war -
Sugar act
dropped the price of sugar because of the smugglers illegally selling sugar. -
Stamp acts
British taxed newspapers -
Declaratory Acts
Directly taxed the colonies for the sugar act and stamp act -
Townshend Acts
The British government taxed paint glass, lead, paper and tea -
The Boston Massacre
Started as a snowball fight with kids then they threw a snowball at the redcoats then someone hit a redcoat and his gun discharged and all the redcoats fired. killing 5 and wounded 3. -
DOI is signd
DOI is signed and the colonist got there freedom -
First Continental Congress
A meeting that later became the DOI -
General Gage takes over Boston
General Gage takes over Boston to keep the colonist under control -
intolerable acts
A punishment for the Boston tea party which made the colonist hate the British even more than they did -
Quartering Act
Made the colonists support the British with food and house by letting them sleep in their bed and eat their food. -
Administration of Justice
Forced the colonist to stop the riots. -
Quebec act
Gave the British control over the colonist land. -
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul revere rode to concord to warn the colonist about the attack -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Battle which concord the British won and Lexington the Colonies won. -
Fort Ticonderoga
A fort for battle against the british -
Second Continental Congress
another meeting about the war and later became the DOI -
Battle of Bunker Hill
it was the worst battle of revoltanary war. where a lot of people died -
Olive Branch Petition
A petition to to the king to stop war -
Benedict Arnold failed to take Quebec
He fail to take over Quebec -
Washington takes Boston
Genaral Washington takes over Boston -
Hessian Soldiers are hired by King George III
hessian soldiers get hired to fight in the war