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The French and Indian War also known as the Seven Years War a despite between Great Britain and France over the Ohio River Valley area. After a Great Britain won the war the Treaty of Paris 1763 what signed. War is expensive so in result to try to pay off Great Britain's debt they started over taxing all colonies

"French and Indian War/Seven Years’ War, 1754–63". Office of the historian, September 12, 2024, https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-war

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the Boston Massacre with an event that occurred on March 5, 1770 on king street in Boston it started off as a street brawl between some colonies and a long British soldier unfortunately it quickly escalated into a bloody slaughter it's rumored that there was a misunderstanding and the British soldiers opened fired on some colonists which led to multple colonist dead then their being multiple newspaper reports of it and the colonists reporters misinterpreted the Soldier's Actions which further helped the rest of the colonies to revolt against Great Britain

"Boston Massacre", history.com editors. oct 27, 2009 https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre

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the Boston Tea Party december 16th 1773 was an act of protest against all the taxes in the British have put on the colonies . colonists dressed as mohawk Indians boarded British ships and threw tons of British tea overboard

"Boston Tea Party" editors of encyclopedia britannica, July 13,2024.https://www.britannica.com/event/Boston-Tea-Party

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the corrosive acts also known as the intolerable acts but they said of laws that had to be followed by all the colonists enforced by Great Britain due to the Boston Tea Party this included Boston for Act why they close off the Boston part the Massachusetts government act the administration of justice act the quartering act and the Quebec act

"The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts of 1774" mount Vernon.september 12, 2024 https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/the-coercive-intolerable-acts-of-1774

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common sense is a 47-page conflict written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain this novel listed reasons " common sense reasonings" on why and how we should declare independence from Britain this novel spreadacross the 13 colonies and was influential

"Thomas Paine's Common Sense, 1776" Brandeis university, September 29, 2013. https://www.brandeis.edu/library/archives/essays/special-collections/paine.html

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in Congress July 4th 1776 a group of started writing their breakup letter with Britain divided up into three parts the preamble grievances and resolution of independence, thomas Edison takes up most credits for writing the Declaration of Independence

"Declaration of Independence: A Transcription" national Archives march 17, 2010 https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

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One of the most exciting battles of the Revolutionary War saratoga and did British General John Bregond's attempt to control the Hudson River Valley that outcome convinced the court king Lewis 16th that the Americans could hold their own against the British army ceiling alliance between America and Friends due to France aiding and supplying troops to help against Britain

"saratoga battle facts and summary" american Battlefield Trust september 12th 2024 https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/saratoga

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this tree signed on September 3rd 1783 between American colonies and Great Britain and ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation

"Treaty of Paris (1783)" national Archives may 2nd 2013 https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/treaty-of-paris