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French and Indian War
Between Indians, British and France
1754 to 1763
The English wanting to expand into France colony -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the French and Indian War
Britain claimed all the land east of the Mississippi River
Colonist began to settle in the Ohio River Valley -
Proclamation of 1763
Britain didn’t allow colonist to settling west
Angered the colonists
Was meant to stop war with Indians -
Sugar Act
1st british tax placed on Colonial goods
Help pay off British War debt
Angered the colonists -
Sugar Act
British placed tax on sugar, wine and other things.
Did this to raise money for the war
Angered the colonist -
Quartering Acts
Allowing soldiers stay in people home, where they were feed and slept for free.
Saved the government money
Angered the colonist -
Stamp Act
British placed tax on all official paper goods
Angered the colonists
Help pay for the war -
Writs of Assistance
Allowed customs officer the right ti search any ship at any time without probable cause.
To make sure everything was paid for, including tax
Angered the colonist -
Townshend Acts
British taxed tea, oil and glass.
Raised money for the war
Angered the colonists -
Boston Massacre
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Tea Act
Angered the colonists
Made tax on tea
Cuased the boston tea party -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists poured tea into the Boston harbor
They were dressed as indians
Caused the Intolerable Acts -
Intolerable Acts
Angered the colonists
Caused by Boston Tea Party
Banned them from grouping -
1st Contential Congress
Drafted Olive Branch Petition
Group of Patriots
Wanted to be independent -
Bunker Hill
Americans were on top of a hill
"Dont shoot until you see the whites of their eyes"
They limited gun supply -
Ft. Ticonderoga
Had cannons
Americacns conquered it
Free cannons -
Lexington
First shot was fired
8 colonists died
Patriots lost terriblly -
Concord
2nd battle
Main supply depot for patriots
We retreated to Concord from Lexington -
2nd Contiental Congress
They were wanted from the British
They made the 2nd continital army
They wanted independence -
Declaration of Indepence
Made on July 4 1776
Made by Thomas Jefferson
Declared our independence -
Commonn Sense
A book made to persuade people to go for the war
Made by Thomas Paine
Made the colonists happy -
Battle of Trenton
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Battle of Saratoga
Turning point -
Winter at Valley Forge
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Battle of Princeton
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Battle of Yorktown
Surrounded Britain
Had help from French and spain -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the war