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Grace Cooper, Hannah Hausler, Alyssa Milstead

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18) Treaty of Paris (ends revolutionary war)

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18) Treaty of Paris (ends revolutionary war)

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John Jay, Ben Franklin, John Adams.
1. Granted US independence.
2. Granted land: west of Mississippi, north to Great Lakes, south through Florida.
3. Loyalists were not prosecuted.

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British tried to capture Hudson River Valley. Howe goes to Philadelphia instead and leaves Burgoyne to be defeated at Saratoga. This battle convinced France to help colonists during the war.

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Congress asked Washington to defend New York City. British controlled it until end of the war. December 26, 1776, Washington crossed Delaware River and defeated British.

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July 4, 1776. Issued by Continental Congress. Focused on giving all people "natural rights," and if the government failed to protect those rights, the people had the right to overthrow.

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Battle in Massachusetts where British defeated the colonists.

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Met again after Lexington and Concord. Sent more grievances, planned how to raise more military, and Washington led army.

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British army moved towards these cities in order to collect weapons. Paul Revere rode to warn Congress, moved weapons before British arrived.

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Wrote grievances in response Coercive Acts in which London ignored.

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1. Shut down Boston harbor until the lost tea was paid for
2. All officials were appointed by the Governor, not elected.
3. Trials of soldiers were transferred to Britain.
4. Soldiers were to live in the colonists homes. (Quartering Act.)

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Angry colonists threw 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor as a reaction to the Tea Act of 1773.

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First conflict to begin the idea of rebellion from Britain, colonists taunted British soldiers at a customs house, soldiers fired shots at colonists.

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Tax on imported glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea.

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Taxed all printed materials.

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Divided the land won from the French and Indian war. King did not allow colonists to use land west of this line.

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Treaty that formally ended French and Indian War, as well as formally revoked the French from any land in North America.

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Plan Ben Franklin created in hopes to unite the colonies together to form defense union.

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War fought because the Natives were unhappy with the British's postwar policies.

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Extension of the Seven Years War that was fought between the French and their Native allies and the American colonists over the Ohio River Valley land.