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The Navigation Acts where acts passed by Parliament to regulate trade and allow Britain to collect taxes from the colonies.

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This war was a conflict between the British and French with Native Americans siding with either nation. It was driven by the competition and control of trade. The British won in the end which gained them much territory.

Important people: George Washington, William Pitt,

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British Cause

This was a law that targeted a raise in monetary gains from the colonies through the taxation of sugar and molasses imports. This was an effort for Britain to pay off the war debt.

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An act that caused a big decline in the value of colonial paper money. The British took control of colonial currency by prohibiting missed new bills and issuing of existing bills. Britain favored the currency of silver pound coins over colonial bills.

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This act was the first tax specifically imposed on the American colonies by Parliament. The act itself was a tax on all paper goods resulting after the French and Indian War. Colonist thought it was unjust and resorted to violence in response.

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British Cause

This act was a law passed by Parliament that required the colonies to provide housing, food, and supplies for British soldiers.

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Colonial Response

This congress was called in response to the previous Stamp Act. The attendees wrote petitions and resolutions asserting their discontent with the act and how it is unconstitutional.

Important people: Timothy Ruggles

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Colonial Response

This group was a secret association from the colonies devoured to opposing the Stamp Act and other taxation from Parliament. They used peaceful and violent means to fight against the unjust laws.

Important people: Samual Adams, John Hancock,

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Colonial Response

The Daughters of Liberty were a female association that were well known for their action in after non-importation became a boycott. They organized spinning bees and ways to avoid importing from the British.

Important people: Sarah Fulton, Prudence Wright, Deborah Samson

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British Response

This was an act to better secure the dependence of His Majesty's superiority in America on the crown and parliament.

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British Cause

These acts were measures passed by Parliament that imposed taxes on imported products from the colonies like paper, paint, and tea. So the British troops came to instill the laws. The colonists with no power in Parliament called this unjust.

Important People: Charles Townshend, Benjamin Franklin

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Colonial Cause

The Boston Massacre was a dangerous riot that happened in Boston, Massachusetts which started as a brawl between colonists and a British soldier and then escalated. This charged the anti-British views.

Important people: Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, James Caldwell, Samuel Maverick, and Patrick Carr

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British Cause

This act was passed by Parliament not to raises taxes on the colonies, but to service the East India Tea Company which was not financially well. So they shipped the tea to the colonies and sold it at discounted prices. This got colonist mad, eventually leading to the Tea Party.

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Colonial Response

The tea party was a raid to protest the Tea Act of the British Parliament. A group of colonists in Boston were disguised as Native Americans then boarded British ships and threw chests of tea in the harbor.

Important People: Benedict Arnold, Patrick Henry, Paul Revere

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The Intolerable or Coercive Acts were a response by the British to the Boston Tea Party, specifically through the Boston Port Bill. The bill closed the Boston port until the debt of the wasted tea was paid.

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The Battle of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)

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The Battle of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)

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This battle was the launch of the American Revolution. The British soldiers were sent to Concord, Massachusetts to take the supplies of colonial armies. Paul Revere confronted the British in Lexington, that is where shots were first fired. They continued onto Concord where the colonial army would beat the British.

Important people: Paul Revere, Sam Adams, John Hancock

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The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

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The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

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Colonial Response

This was the document adopted that declared the independence of the colonies from Britain. It was drafted by Thomas Jefferson and outlined the major principles of liberty and limited government.

Important People: Thomas Jefferson

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The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

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The Battle of Saratoga (September-October, 1777)

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The Battle of Saratoga (September-October, 1777)

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This battle occurred during the second year of the revolution and was the turning point. This is because British troops surrendered their arms and General Burgoyne lost 86% of his forces.

Important people: John Burgoyne

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The Battle of Saratoga (September-October, 1777)

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The Battle of Yorktown (October 19, 1781)

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The Battle of Yorktown (October 19, 1781)

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This battle is where the British general and his army surrendered to George Washington. This was the conclusion of the final battle of the revolution, beginning the independence of America.

Important People: George Washington, Charles Cornwallis

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British Response

This was the formal ending of the American Revolutionary War where Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay finalize a peace treaty with British representatives. With the treaty, Britain recognizes America's independence.

Important People: Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay