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The French and Indian war
British-American settlers moved west across the Appalachian Mts.
Fighting broke out with natives over control of the land. -
Stamp Act
Battle cry “No taxation without representation!” Became used frequently When tax levied. The king was determined to make Americans obey. -
The intolerable Acts
Punitive laws passed By British Parliament. -
Declaration of Independence
2nd continental congress adopts the Declaration of Independence -
Battle of Saratoga
Colonists defeat Burgoyne’s British troops. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The Americans and French trap general Cornwallis’s at Yorktown Virginia -
The Treaty of Paris
Ended the American revolution. Gained much more territory. -
The Articles of Confederation
Set up by the 2nd Continental Congress.
Said: each state had one vote
Congress had authority to make war, and settle interstate disputes
Had very little power to enforce new laws, levy taxes.
