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Britain tried to capture Hudson River Valley, the plan was the Burgoyne moves south and Howe moves north

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After General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton the previous night, Washington led the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton.

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2nd Continental Congress issues Declaration of Independence

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After Lexington/Concord- leaders decide to meet in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775 , but still did not think on independence

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The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.

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14.Battle of  Lexington and Concord (1775)

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14.Battle of  Lexington and Concord (1775)

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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies

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4 acts that punish colonists for tea party

Shut down port until tea was paid for

All officials appointed by Gov, not elected

Trials of soldiers transferred to Britain

Quartering Act

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A group dressed as Indians snuck on the ship and dumped 342 chests of tea in harbor

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The objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company

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Colonist taunted British soldiers at the customs house which caused the soldiers to fire in the crowd

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Tax on imported glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea

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A protest against the British Stamp Act

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The Stamp Act was acquired by the British which imposed tax on all printed material

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The native Americans reaction to the proclamation line

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It was a border which was created to avoid another war. Colonist could not settle west of the line without British permission

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It formally ends French and Indian War, Britain got Florida and New France, France looses land in North America

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It was a war between the British and the French over the possession of the Ohio river valley

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Granted US independence

Land west to Miss.

North to Great lakes

South thru Florida

Loyalists weren’t persecuted

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Plan proposed by Ben Franklin to unite all the 13 colonies under one government