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Treaty of Paris
Ended French and Indian War/Seven Years War. It was between Great Britain and France. End Result: France gave up all territories in North America -
Stamp Act
Caused taxes on all paper documents. Helped put the revolutionary movement against the King in motion. -
Quartering Act
Laws passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. It stated that the American colonists would have to provide food and shelter for the British soldiers. . -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers shot and killed people including Crispus Attucks, a freed black man. -
Committees of Correspondence
All thirteen colonies got together and spoke out against British rule. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dressed up as Native Americans and threw tea in the ocean -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
1st military engagement of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought in Middlesex County -
First Continental Congress
Began Revolutionary War -
Declaration of Independence
It says that the Americas weren't under British rule anymore. The thirteen colonies soon became a country -
Battle of Yorktown
Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington. The British surrender ended the American Revolutionary War.
