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- After the French and Indian War.
- Settlers could not go west of the Appalachian mountains.

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- Taxation without representation.
- Protest about taxes.
- Colonists dumped tea into the harbor

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- Street fight where many colonists were killed by British troops.
- Colonists were mad about the taxes and took it out on the British troops.

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- congress made a declaration of rights.
- disputing the British right to tax without representation.

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- start of American war of independence
- called for the 2nd continental congress

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- those that favored all out war with Great Britain and Independence

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- those that oppose war with Great Britain

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Colonists that tried to stay uninvolved with Revolution

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- the thirteen colonies united to make government and decisions about the war
- forms a committee to draft the declaration of independence from Great Britain.

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- Written by Thomas Jefferson but takes ideas from John Locke and Thomas Paine.
- Details grievances against England
- "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

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- Convinces France to to help/provide supplies and troops giving them a real chance at winning against Great Britain.

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- Turning point of Revolutionary War
- persuaded French to help them fight against Great Britain

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- Final battle of the Revolutionary War
- Colonists led by George Washington