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The treaty officially ending the American Revolution

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It was a series of two battles, the first being a British victory and the second being an American victory. The American victory forced general Burgoyne to surrender and convinced the French to join the war on the American's side

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A major victory for the Americans in which the Continental army attacked and defeated the Hessian army holding Trenton

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Document written by Thomas Jefferson declaring American independence from Britain

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Battle in which British forces attacked entrenched colonial forces in the high ground of Charlestown Peninsula. The British won the battle, but it motivated the colonists and convinced the French that the Americans could fight back

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The Battle of Lexington and Concord- 1775

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The Battle of Lexington and Concord- 1775

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The first battle of the American Revolution. British army attempted to confiscate colonial weapon and powder caches, but the colonial militia was warned beforehand and had assembled to defend.

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The second gathering of delegates from the American colonies. Drafted the Declaration of Independence

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The gathering of delegates from the American colonies. Drafted a Declaration of Rights and Grievances that London ended up ignoring anyway

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The British response to the Boston Tea Party. They forced the colonists to quarter British soldiers, closed the Boston Harbor, British soldiers would now be tried in England and all high ranking colonial officials would be appointed by the king

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A large group of Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohican native Americans and dumped millions of dollars worth of British tea into Boston harbor

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Taxed tea and stated that colonists had to buy British tea if it was shipped to the colonies

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Event that resulted from a protest outside a British custom's house: British soldiers fired upon the protesters. 5 colonists dead and the British soldiers are tried in the colonies. Townshend Acts are temporarily repealed

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A series of taxes passed against the American colonies. The taxes covered items such as imported glass, paper, lead, paint and tea

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A meeting of delegates from different American colonies about how to go about protesting the Stamp Act

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A native insurrection led by Chief Pontiac, over British postwar treatment of Great Lakes area territory

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Proclamation made by the king of England forbidding colonial expansion west of the Appalachian mountains

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Treaty formally ending the French and Indian War. Greatly diminished French presence in North America.

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Required that all paper product be made with special British paper bearing a particular stamp. This paper was heavily taxed

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Plan written by Benjamin Franklin proposing the joining of the American colonies under one central government for mutual benefit. While rejected, this laid the framework for the constitution

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Conflict between France and Great Britain. Fought in North America. Ended in British victory and a greatly diminished French presence in North America