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•Was the king of England during the Revolutionary War
•lost to the American colonies

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•Took command of the continental Army in 1775
•won the battle of Trenton and Yorktown
•eventually surrendered his commission to congress

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•forbids colonial settlement west of the Appalachian mountains
•colonists who were already there had to relocate
•wouldn’t allow citizens to buy land from or make any aggreements with the natives

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• British parliament established a direct tax on all printed materials made in the colonies
• made to prevent dissention  from being printed in the colonies
• colonists opposes and led to the repeal in 1766

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•Made in 1773 , law that allowed British East India company to ship their goods directly to the colonies
• allowed for tea to be sold at bargain prices
• led to the throwing overboard of the tea chests into the Boston harbor

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•colonists were growing angry because they didn’t want to pay taxes for a war they didn’t want in the first place
•mob of colonists surrounded British troops, were taunting them and throwing things
• tensions grew higher and caused a soldier to shoot , 3 were dead and 8 were wounded

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•England almost lost bc France had support of natives
• England ended up suffering because of this war
• has to earn their money back by taxing

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•tea was being sold to colonists at extreme prices
• group of colonists dressed as natives & boarded east India company ships
• threw everything overboard into the Boston Harbor

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•conviened in Philly, September - October 1774
• all 13 colonies except Georgia met up to discuss the events and taxes and if independence wasn’t what they needed
• agreed to meet up again in 1 year if the grievances were not met by the king

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• Meeting held after the Battle of Lexington and Concord in September , 1775
• Agreed that colonists must respond to military threat from Britain
• Created the continental army at this meeting and gave General George Washington command

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•The first armed conflicts of the Revolutionary war
•England thought they would sneak in and destroy the supplies of the colonists at Lexington and Concord
•the colonists were warned and ready , the start of the war

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• won several campaigns for the British
•surrendered his army at Yorktown in October 1781 to General George Washington
• final major conflicts of the American Revolution

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• Most known for his bearing news of an attack by the British in Lexington , Massachusetts
• participated in many movements for American Independence
• A nationalist , a person who advocates for political independence for their country

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• Served as the second president from 1797-1801
• Viewed the British high taxes and tarriffs as a form of oppression
• Attended the first continental congress In Philadelphia as a Massachusetts delegate

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•Signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776
• President of the second continental congress
• Was opposed to the new British laws set in the colonies , especially the taxes

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• Written as a result of the second continental congress
• Declared Independence from England but also listed all the grievances the colonists wanted to break from King George |||
• Jefferson wrote it and 56 delegates from 13 colonies signed it

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• This American victory was the turning point of the war
• Americans decided to take a different approach by going  to actual warfare instead of lining up and shootings
• lasted from September- October 1777

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• Took place from September- October 1781
• the colonial victory over forces of Lord Cornwallis that marked the end of the Revolutionary War
• the key to winning the battle was French troops and naval reinforcements

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• England sent two delegates to Paris to negotiate a peace treaty but they refused to stay longer than necessary
• terms were reached and the treaty was signed into effect
• treaty recognized America as a free Andy independent country

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• Began thinking about the rights that should be afforded to the colonists
• convinced George Mason to write the Virginia Declaration of rights
• becomes the model for the Declaration of Independence and is also the reason congress askance him to write the pivotal document

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• Helped draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776
• Also helped negotiates the 1783 Treaty of Paris
• Proposed a plan for uniting the colonies

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• Migrated to America with Ben Franklin’s help
• Produced common sense
• Challenged the rule of the American Colonies by the King of England