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-Adopted the DOI
-Happened after the battle of Lexington and Concord
-This time all 13 colonies attended

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-Final straw that lead to Revolutionary war
-Was put in place to pay for the French and Indian War
-Was a tax on all tea in the colonies

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-Colonists dressed as indians to throw tea into the harbor
- Colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor
-The Sons of Liberty committed this act of treason

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-This law forbade colonies from moving west of the Appalachian mountains
-Ended after the war
-Another reason for colonies outrage over British control

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-Major Patriot
-Enraged citizens about the Boston Massacre
-Played a role in the first conflict of the Revolutionary War

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-Writer of "Common Sense"
-Father of the American Revolution
-Wrote the "Crisis Papers"

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-Helped draft DOI
-Served on 2nd Continental Congress
-Negotiated the Treaty of Paris

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-Patriot
-First to sign the Declaration of Independence
-One of the delegates of the Continental Congress

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-Patriot of the U.s.
-Served on drafting committee of drafting the DOI
-One of the negotiators used when agreeing upon the Treaty of Paris

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-British officially ends the war
-Greta Britain parts from the U.s.
-Both countries agree to always be allies with no expiration date on the treaty

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-General of Britain's army
- Very successful general in the Revolutionary War
-Surrendered to Washington at the battle of Yorktown

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-Final battle of the war
-The French aid finally comes in
-Cornwallis surrenders to Washington

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-Turning point of the war
-Major victory for the U.s.
-This was a catastrophic failure for General Cornwallis because he had won the battle but wanted too much too soon

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-First battle of the Revolutionary war
-Paul Revere warned the villages around so they could prepare to fight
-First victory in the war and for the U.S.

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-Declared independence from Great Britain
-Written by Thomas Jefferson
-George Mason was a major patriot but didn't sign

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-Patriot
-Writer of the Declaration of Independence
-One of the delegates of both Continental Congress'

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-First meeting of the colonies to discuss the problem with the British
-Agreed to boycott all British goods
-only 12 of the 13 colonies met, Georgia did not attend

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-General of the continental army
-Defeated Cornwallis at Yorktown
-1st President of the Continental Congress

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-He was the king at the time of the Revolutionary War
-Third longest reigning British monarch
-He placed ridiculous taxes on the 13 colonies after the French and Indian War

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-One of the extreme taxes British placed on the colonies to pay for the French and Indian War
-Placed on every sugar or sugar bi-product
-Added a new court for people who tried to evade this tax

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-This war took place in 1754-1763
-The English colonies fought the colonies of France
-The French had the help of the Native Americans
-England wins this war but they run low on money which in turn leads to the extreme taxation of the 13 colonies

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-This act set ridiculous taxes on the colonists
-This was only enacted due to the French and Indian War costs
-This was a tax that stated the colonists had to put an official stamp on any piece of printed paper they used

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-This event occurred in March 1770
-This fueled the anger of the already frustrated colonists because this event was the product of a riot due to the extreme taxes in America
-Paul Revere manipulated the situation to further his cause for revolution by painting this event as a massacre