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French and Indian War
-1754-1763
-World wide war between Great Britain and France
-Washington almost died had four bullet holes
-By 1760 the British had won and taken canada from the French -
Treaty of Paris
-ended French and Indian war
-native americans respond by attacking colonists
-colonists began to settle in the ohio river valley -
Proclamation of 1763
-British did not allow colonists to settling west of appalachian mountains.
-sent troops to protect and prevent settlers from crossing the line.
-British got angry that colonists did not want to pay for protection. -
Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
-Tax on legal documents
-almost every piece of paper used
-congress formed a boycott -
Quartering act
-colonists were required to provide british soldiers with food, housing etc
-colonists did not like this
-later repealed after the bill of rights -
Writs of Asistance
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Townshed Acts
-taxing on household items
-colonists boycott
-created by Charles Townshend -
Boston Massacre
-5 people were killed
-british shot the colonists
-Crispus Atucks was killed, a sailor of american ancestry -
Tea Act
-To reduce the massive surplus of tea
-made tea cheaper for americans
-Led to the boston tea party -
Boston Tea Party
-poored 4-5 tons of tea
-realy angered the british
-British then created the Intorable acts -
Intolerable Acts
-banded all town hall meetings
-closed the boston harbor
-Able to sell tea directly without aditional pay -
1st Continental Congress
-met in philadelphia
-Ban all trade with british until the acts were repealed
-each colony began training troops -
lexington and concord
-first 2 major battle of the revolutionary war
-paul revere warned everyone that the "british are coming"
-new england volunteers were known as minuteme -
2nd continental congress
-met in philadelphia
-adopted the declaration of independence
-created olive branch petition -
battle of bunker hill
- British marched up Bunker Hill to remove the Continental Army. -americans were low on gun powder -this famous quote was said at the battle, "dont shoot until you see the whites of their eyes".
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battle of pricenton
-General George Washington against Major General Lord Cornwallis
-: 7,000 Americans against 8,000 British and Hessians
-americans won! -
Common Sense
-Wrote by Thomas Paine
-tried to change public opinion
-helped pursuade colonists fight for independence -
battle of new York
-british wanted to capture New York city
-Washington avoided capture
-british watch NYC for the rest of the war -
declaration of independence
-it declared our independence
-wrote by thomas Jefferson
-Nation's most cherished symbol of liberty -
battle of trenton
-General George Washington against Colonel Rahl.
- Americans against Hessians and British troops.
-no men were lost for the colonist. -
battle of saratoga
-was a turning point for the war
-with out this victory america could of lost the war
-Burgoyne surrendered his entire army to the Americans -
winter at valley forge
-washington lost a fourth of his men
-Washington and his men spent the long cold winter of 1777-1778 in Valley Forge Pennsylvania.
-the men were in desparate need of food and shelter -
battle of yorktown
-last major battle of the revolutionary war.
-Washington would lead a three week attack
-Cornwallis surrendered on Oct 17, 1781 -
Treaty of paris
-ended the american revolutionary war
-United States gained all land east of the Mississippi River
-U.S. agreed to return all property taken from Loyalist
