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French and Indian war
- War between Native Americans and England in the colonies
- Colonists won, but it cost England a lot of $$$
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Sugar Act
- Tax on sugar -Colonists started crying "no taxation without representation"
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Stamp Act
- Tax on paper goods
- Angered the colonists
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Sons Of Liberty
-Vigilante group
-Tax collectors became afraid to do their job -
Townshend Act
-Tax on more everyday products
-Was enforced to pay for the F & I war
-Colonists boycotted products and protested (and riots) -
Committee of Correspondance
- Letter writing campaign to keep the colonists involved
- Helps the colonists unify
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Boston Tea Party
-Sons of Liberty dumped boxes of tea into Boston Harbor dressed as Native Americans
-Boston Harbor got closed -
Lexington and Concord
- Shot heard round the world
- 700 British vs 77 Minutemen and others
- First battle of the Revolution
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Battle of Bunker Hill
- Motivation for colonists to fight harder
- American Victory
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Battle of Long Island
- Made it impossible for colonists to capture NY
- William Howe was the British general
- George Washington was the American general
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Battle of Brandywine
- More troops fought here than any other battle -British victory
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Battle of Saratoga
- Battle that convinces French to help the colonists
- British victory
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Battle of Yorktown
-Last battle of the war
-British surrender -
Proclamation Line
-Boundary placed by King George III to stop colonists from westward expansion
-Angered colonists, colonists disregarded the law