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french and indian war
The british fought against the french and the indians,most of the battle was in canada. George washington fought with the british and the british won ,there for they got to claim the land of canada theirs and other places in the new world. -
sugar act
there was a 3 cent tax on sugar that increased the tax on coffee indigo and some wines. the colonist wanted a way on how much they were being taxed. -
stamp act
if you wanted to write a letter or have a brochure of legal papers sent through the mail you had to have a stamp or british seal, which did cost money -
the stamp act congress
the stamp a congress was the group the group that would tell the crown what the colonies have to say about the stamp act. -
toenshend act
this act put taxes on glass,paper,tea and lead. the reaction that the british got on this act was the same as the stamp and sugar act. great britain then took the tax off everything but tea,americans still rebelled and britain brought more troops in. -
boston massecre
five american troops were shot by british soldiers, the britains said they americans had weapons such as rocks but the british had guns.and american started to dislike british military even more. -
boston tea party
the american colonist or the sons of liberty went on three british ships the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver and dumped 342 crates of tea into the boston harbor. -
the first contenetal congress
56 delegates for 12 colonies except for georgia can together in secrecy to talk about the acts that the british have been setting. -
the battle of lexington and concord
british troops were marching to concord to take away their weapons and were passing through lexington. ‘the shot heard around the world’. still don't know if the british shot first or the americans. -
the second contenetal congress
the revolutionary war had started and the americans were disorganized so the congress made and continental army and named george washington chief. the continental congress made the declaration of independents -
george whashington named comanerd and cheif
first american president. he fought for the british in the friend and indian war and was the leader of the american forces in the revolutionary war. -
the battle of bunker hill
the battle of bunker hill was fought on bread hill to protect the shipyard. the fight was between the british and the americans. -
thomas paine's "Common Sense" published
an american soldier and a writer and made the american population mad and featured the revolutionary cause. -
the british evacate boston
The british leave after losing the revolutionary war. -
Richard Henry Lee proposes Independence
he went to the colonies and proposed that we should be free from great britain and all their acts. -
the decloration of independtend adopted
a document declared by the 13 colonies that they are free from great britain -
the decloraction of independents signed
John Hancock, John Adams, and Samuel Adams are 3 people who signed the declaration of the independents.
