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The French and Indian War
The French were allied with Native Americans
Britain had a wr with them -
Writ of Assistance
search warrant to be able to search colonial home without evidence of wrongdoing -
Treaty of Paris
Britain defeated Frace France's land in North America were spit betwean Spain and Britain -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation Line of 1763 went along the Appalachian Mountains Colonists werent supposed to cross it, but they did -
Sugar Act & coonists response
lower taxes on molasses
taxing more of the imports
trial for violators done by judge, no colonists -
Stamps Act & colonists response
taxes on paper items first tax on non-imports -
Sons of Liberty is formed & Samuel Adams
Adams was a founder of the Sons of Liberty boycotting unfairly taxed items -
Declaratory Act
Parliament has total control over colonists -
Townshend Act & colonists' response
taxes on British imports cause colonists to boycott repealed becaus eit was costing too much money tax on tea not repealed -
John Locke's social contract
poeple should only follow a government as long as it protects their "natural rights" -
Boston Massacre
angry mob harasses british gaurds guns were fired only five colonists die, but colonial leaders call it a massacre -
Tea Act
British East India Company doesnt pay tea taxes -
Boston Tea Party
Boston rebels dump tea in the ocean while dressed up as Indians -
Intolerable Acts
Boston Harbor closed British soldiers housed in private buildings martial law for Boston -
First Continental Congress
Britain should stop interfering with the colonists -
Minutemen
civilian soldiers against the British -
Midnight Riders: Revere, Dawes, Prescott
warned that the British were coming -
Battle of Lexington
15 minutes long 8 colonial casualies, ten wounded 1 British soldier wounded -
Battle of Concord
thousands of Minutemen against 700 British soldiers British slaughtered and humiliated Colonists and British become enemies -
Continental Army
colonial militia led by George Washington -
Second Continental Congress
colonial leaders in Philadelphia argue and let Washington lead the army -
Battle of Bunker Hill
on Breed's Hill, near Bunker Hill 1000 out of 2400 British died 450 colonists died -
Olive Branch Petition
colonists thought the conflict wasn't George III's fualt they offer peace George III sets up a blockade -
Publication of Common Sense
written by Thomas Paine insults the monachy -
Loyalists and Patriots
Loyalists side with Britain Patriots side with the rebels -
Declaration of Independence
The colonies separated from Britain political equality an unalienable rights -
Redcoats push Washington's army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania
The british have a larger force, including mercenaries Washington retreats -
Washington's christmas night surprise attack
Washington led forces across the Deleware to attack at Trenton -
Saratoga
General Burgoyne surendered after being surrounded by colonials British soldiers stuck in Philadelphia and unable to help -
French and American Alliance
French had always been helping they made it official when they thought the Americans might win -
Valley-Forge
2000 of Washington's army died from lack of shelter & supplies -
Friedrich von Steuben & Marquis de Lafayette
foreign millitary leaders help train & lead continental soldiers -
British victories in the South
British win Savannah in Georgia 1780, British win Charles Town in South Carolina -
British surrender at Yorktown
Lafayette, Washington, and the French attack Yorktown together Cornwallis surrenders -
Treaty of Paris
John Adams, John Jay, & Ben Franklin sign a treaty with Britain