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It was a world wide war between the British and the French. The french built forts to try to keep the british from taking over the land they claimed.
The leader of the colomies was George Washington.the colonist where happpy because they got cananda from france. -
The British clamed all the land east of the mississippi river.
The war was costly so they started texing.
they where mad bacause they could not settle west of the apilation mountins. -
british made a law limiting colonists could not go west of the applatian mountins.
they could not go passed because British wanted to protect the colonists from indian deaths. The colonist where angry because thecould not settel in the land they clamed. -
because the franch and indean war was costly they started taxing things.
the colonist where mad because they sead britan had no right to tax suger and molases. -
This law put a tax on paper like legal documents, letters, and any postsge.
The british made this law to pay the war debts.
The colonist were angry so they made a congress to organize a boycott. -
this is a tax on household goods.
this this to pay off the war debts.
the colonist wher not happy so they boycotted the importer goods. -
Customs officers could search the ships at will.
Britian did this to look for smuggled goods.
The colonists thlought that they were being invaded. -
The colonist were rioting outside a courthouse and then shots were fired.
The british responded by accusing 2 soldiers of mansluaghter. the colonists were even more angry due to the fact that the british had killed colonists for no reason. -
Colonists had to provide food and housing for British Soldiers.
The brithsih did this to protect the colonist and to save money housing.
The colonist got anrgry but little could be done to fix it. -
The Britian lowered their tea prices to control the tea trade.
This resulted in the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was when the colonists dumped 90,00 lbs of tea into the harbor. -
The colonist colud not hold town meetings. The Port of Boston closed.
The british did this for Power and conrol.
The colonist in response created the first contiental congress and became more unified. -
The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia.Delegates agreed to ban all trade with Britain until Acts were repealed.
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Teh battle of lexington was where the first shot of the war was fired. the Batlle od Concord was when the colonists shot at the British soldiers while they retreated.
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Patrick Hererys famous speech at the Virginia House of Burgeresses. Famolus words are, "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH",
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The bunker hill was when the colonists were force of the hill. they are not to fire until they see the whites of their eyes.
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Lexington is where thbattle of lexington and concord tock place. this is the first place of the battle tock place.
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This city is the second location of the battle of lexington. hte war was between british and the colonist.
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May 10,1775, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia. Members included John and Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and Patrick Henry.They agreed to form the Continental Army and George Washington was chosen as the commanding general.
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The declaration was written by Thomas Jefferson. It marked the independence of the colonies. they where happy they where FREE.
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Thomas Paine published common sense. common sense increased public support for american independence.
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this was to bring independence to the colonist. Now the colonist don't have to do what the king tell thim to.
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it was cold and the british killed most of washingtons army.
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Thomas Jefferson was chosen to compose the document.2 weeks later on July 4, 1776, Jefferson had completed most of it, the resolution was presented again and passed and independence was declared.this is is based on the philosophy of John Locke, unalienable rights.
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It was cold. is was so cold that they were in desprit need of warm clothing and in need of food. most people died because of this.
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The battle of yorktown was that the british touck over new york city for the rest of the war.
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