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The treaty of Paris ending the French Indian war￼

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The treaty of Paris ending the French Indian war￼

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After the French Indian war ended in February 1763, The French signed a treaty with the British. Now the British controlled much of North America. With is France had to give several areas of land to Great Britain, and so there was no close threat to the British colonies.

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The proclamation of 1763 happened in October. The proclamation made it so the colonists could not go past the Appalachian mountains. This was so the colonists would stay close to the Atlantic coast where there could be lots of trade between Britain and America. And it also so there would be  peace with the Native Americans past the Appalachian mountains

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The stamp act was passed in March of 1765. The stamp act made it so that Great Britain could tax any printed material in the colonies. The stamp act was for the British to know you pay your taxes on printed materials.

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The stamp act was repealed in March 1766. The stamp act upset The colonists. The colonist said that only leaders the colonist voted for should be able to tax them. The house of burgesses passed a resolution to tell the British they were upset about the stamp act. After the colonists saw that the British did not take notice in this, the colonies started to make effigies, and after that did not work they started to boycott trades. After the British realized they were losing money due to the boycotts, they repealed the stamp act.

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The Townshed act was passed in June 1767. The Townshed act made it so that anything imported into the colonies was taxed. This includes paper, tea and other items. This upset the colonist because they just repealed the stamp act a few years earlier.

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The Boston massacre happened in March of 1770. in March of 1770, A fight happened between the British and the people of Boston. The people of Boston threw snowballs, rocks, and other objects. One of the objects hit one of the British in the head which led to the British soldier falling down and firing his musket on accident. After this the British were frightened and fired upon the Boston people, killing 5.

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The Townshed act was repealed in April 1770. Women in towns of the 13 colonies did not like the Townshed act and encouraged boycotts from all British items. Some of the women called themselves daughters of liberty, and the daughters of liberty told people of the colonies to not take in any British goods and to make items themselves.

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The tea act was passed in May of 1773. The tea act made it so that one company had a monopoly on the tea that went into the colonies. Even though the tea act removed some taxes on tea, The colonists still wanted no tax by the British and they wanted to buy whatever tea they wanted.

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The Boston tea party happened in December 1773. Several ships that had tea on them arrived in the Boston harbor. instead the Boston people who are dressed as Native Americans, snuck onto the ships and through 342 boxes of tea into the Boston harbor.

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The intolerable acts were passed in March 1774. The intolerable acts, also known as the coercive acts were several acts made to punish the colonists, but mainly the people of Boston. There were several acts that made living in Boston at the time terrible, it made it so that it was almost unlivable due to the fact that Britain cut almost all trade to Boston. Luckily the other colonies gave several items, mainly food to Boston so they could continue surviving.

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The first continental congress meets in Philadelphia

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The first continental congress meets in Philadelphia

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The first continental Congress met in Philadelphia in September 1774. The first continental congress talked about uniting the colonies to stand up against Britain. They also decided that they wanted to repeal the acts the British had put on the colonies. The colonies then decided that they would boycott all trades from the British and told the people of the 13 colonies to arm themselves for militias.

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Chief Cornstalk leads his warriors against Virginia Militia at the battle of point Pleasant￼

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Chief Cornstalk leads his warriors against Virginia Militia at the battle of point Pleasant￼

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Chief Cornstock lettuce Warriors against Virginia militia in October 1774. With British support, Cornstock battled a Virginia Militia called Lord Donomores War. Some historians consider this to be the first shots of the American revolution.

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The battle of Lexington and Concorde happened in April 1775. When the British finally arrived at Lexington at the beginning of the day, the British saw several minutemen standing above them. One shot was fired and the battle has begun. At the end of the Lexington battle the British had won, and they proceeded to move onto Concord. During the battle of Concorde the British lost several men and had to retreat back to Boston. Along the way the colonists shot at them behind trees, buildings and other objects. In the battle of Concorde the British lost.

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Benedict Arnold and the green mountain boys take Ft Ticonderoga 

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Benedict Arnold and the green mountain boys take Ft Ticonderoga 

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The taking of Ft Ticonderoga happened in May 1775. Because Ticonderoga has several important items there, the colonists knew that they had to take it. So Benedict Arnold and the green mountain boys took Ticonderoga by surprise forcing the British to surrender.

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The second continental congress took place in may 1775. The second continental congress and the capturing of Ft Ticonderoga  happened on the same day, March 10, 1775. The second continental congress started governing the colonies. They set up post offices, started printing money, and set up a continental army. The second continental congress also sent an olive branch petition to show that they wanted peace instead of war, but King George the third declined the olive branch petition and set up for a full-blown war against the colonists.

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The battle of bunker hill happened in June 1775. The battle of bunker hill happened at Breed’s hill, but it became known as The battle of Bunker hill. The colonies set up their forces at the top of Bred’s hill and waited for the British to come up. Although the colonists were low on ammo, they had the high ground and were able to fight against the British killings over 1000. The colonists eventually ran out of gunpowder and the British won the battle against Breed’s hill, even though the colonists killed more British than the British killed the colonists.

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Thomas Paine‘s “Common Sense” published￼￼ 

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Thomas Paine‘s “Common Sense” published￼￼ 

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Thomas Paine published his “common sense” in January 1776. Thomas Paine, who was from England, love the idea of patriotism and published a ’book’ called common sense. In this ‘book’ Thomas Paine states why it would be better if the colonists would declare independence against the British. This helped several people in the colonies decide if they wanted to be loyal to Great Britain, or be a patriot to the colonists.

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Declaration of independence is issued and signed

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Declaration of independence is issued and signed

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The declaration of independence was signed July 4, 1776. The second continental congress we’re still deciding if they wanted to stay loyal to Great Britain, or become an independent country from Britain. While they debated, The continental congress let Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams start on the first draft of the declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson said that he would do most of the writing due to the fact that he was a great writer. Jefferson used ideas from John Locke in the declaration of independence. On July 2, 1776 the first draft of the declaration of independence was made. After some words were changed, on July 4, 1776 the declaration of independence was signed, leading to the birth of the United States of America.