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The French and Indian War
-Britain and France had colonies in North America.
-The British wanted to settle in the Ohio River Valley, so they could trade with the Native Americans.
-The French built forts to protect their trade with the Indians.
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Stamp Act
-Passed by British Parliament
-Forced all American colonists to pay tax on every single piece of printed paper they used. -
Townshend Act
-England forced a bunch of new taxes on products for the colonists.
-Colonists were not happy about having to pay so much tax on everything. -
Boston Massacre
-Street brawl between American colonists and and one British soldier.
-Escalated into a chaotic slaughter. -
Committees of Correspondence
-Shadow governments created by the Patriot leaders.
-Spread the colonial interpretation of British actions between the colonies and to other governments. -
Boston Tea Party
-American colonists were upset about "taxation without representation."
-American colonists dumped 342 chests of British tea into the Harbor.
-This showed Great Britain that the Americans would not take taxation. -
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Intolerable Acts
-Punishment acts set in place after the Boston Tea Party.
-3 of them.
-1st intolerable acts (March 31, 1774), 2nd intolerable acts (May 20, 1774), and 3rd intolerable acts (May 20, 1774). -
Olive Branch Petition
-Purpose was an attempt to avoid war between Britain and The Thirteen Colonies.
-The colonists pledged their loyalty to the crown and stated their rights as British citizens. -
Second Continental Congress
-A convention of delegates from the 13 colonies.
-The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia between September 5, 1774, and October 26, 1774. -
Common Sense
-Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine.
-Supports independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
The Declaration of Independence
-Written by Thomas Jefferson.
-Document that stated that the United States was an independent nation. -
Battle of Trenton
-General George Washington marched the Continental Army to Trenton, New Jersey.
-The Continental Army defeated the British. -
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Battle of Saratoga
-Convinced the French to join the war on the side of the Americans.
-British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms.
-Turning point of the Revolutionary War. -
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Battle of Yorktown
-The last battle in the Revolutionary War.
-The British surrendered. -
Treaty of Paris
-Ended the American Revolution.
-Signed in Paris by King George III for Britain and Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay for the colonists.
