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Years of King George's War aka The War of Austrian Succession
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1744-1748
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Seven Years War dates
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1755-1761
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the year George III becomes king of Great Britain
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1760
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Year of the Treaty of San Ildefonso
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1762
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Years of Indian Uprising in Ohio Valley and Great Lakes
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1763-1766
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the year the Sugar Act was enacted
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1764
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the year the Stamp Act was enacted
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1765
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the year the First Quartering Act was enacted
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1765
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the year the Stamp Act was repealed
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1766
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the year the Declaratory Act was enacted
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1766
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the year the Revenue Act was enacted (aka the Townshend Duties)
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1767
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the years the Townshend Duties were repealed, except the tea tax
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1770
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the year of the Boston Massacre
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1770
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the year of the Battle of Alamance Creek in North Carolina
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1771
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the years the Committees of Correspondence formed
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1772-1774
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year of the Somerset decision in England
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1772
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the year the Tea Act was enacted
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1773
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the date of the Boston Tea Party
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Dec 16, 1773
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the year of Lord Dunmore's War
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1774
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the year the Coercive Acts were enacted
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1774
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the year the Quebec Act was enacted
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1774
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the year of the First Continental Congress
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1774
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the dates of the Battles of Lexington and Concord
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April 19, 1775
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the year of the Olive Branch Petition
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1775
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the year of the Battles at Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill
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1775
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the year Thomas Paine published "Common Sense"
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1776
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the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
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July 4, 1776
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Crispus Attucks
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the first African American to die for Independence, was shot during the Boston Massacre
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Proclamation Act
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1763, passed by the British to save money and help with the Indians, it restricted westward movement of colonials to Appalachian Mtns
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Sugar Act
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1764, raised price of import sugar tax, eventually lowered due to colonial outcry
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Quartering Act
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1765, colonists require to house and feed British soldiers, local assemblies refused to comply
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Admiralty Courts
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like military courts for accused colonists, no trial by jury, defendant must prove innocence
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Stamp Act Congress
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1765, 27 colonists from 9 different colonies met to stop Stamp Act, decide to boycott, non-importation agreements
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Charles Townshend
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took over the British ministry in 1767 and vowed to get more money from colonists without a fight, led to Townshend Acts
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Townshend Acts
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created by Charles Townshend, added indirect tax on imports, led to smuggling by colonists
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Boston Massacre
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March 5 1770, named by Paul Revere, clash between soldiers and citizens, colonists start by throwing snow at soldiers, British fire into crowd, 5 colonials died
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John Adams
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during this period, he was a powerful defense lawyer for the British after the Boston Massacre to ensure a fair trial, he later became the second President
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Samuel Adams
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cousin of John Adams, absolute separatist, organized Committees of Correspondence in 1772
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Tea Act
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1773, British give the East India Company monopoly on tea in America, merchants were restricted to loyalists, also included a small tax
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Governor Hutchinson
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loyalist Gov. of Massachusetts, had son who was a tea distributor
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Sam Adams and John Hancock organize a stalemate in the Boston Harbor in the year..
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1773 in November, they won't let East India Company ships dock, lasts for a few weeks
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Boston Tea Party
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1773, 150 men dress up as Indians, go onto ships, dump tea from East India Company into Harbor, takes 3 hours, a loss for the EIC
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said "the die is cast, they must submit or triumph"
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King George III
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Coercive Acts aka Intolerable Acts
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1774, 5 acts: colonists must pay for the Boston Tea Party, expansion of Quartering Act, reduced power of Massachusetts government, officials tried in court in England, and the Quebec Act
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Quebec Act
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1775, part of Coercive Acts, organized Canadian land, set up government without assembly, made Catholicism the official religion
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1st Continental Congress
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1774,representatives gathered because they were angered by Coercive/Intolerable Acts
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4 things accomplished by 1st Continental Congress
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Suffolk Resolves, Declaration of Right and Grievances, Continental Association, set up a follow up meeting
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Suffolk Resolves
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established by 1st Continental Congress, say what the colonists will do to rebel, like boycott and collect weapons
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"The Association"
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aka the Continental Association, set up by First Continental Congress to enforce Suffolk Resolves, and boycotts in all towns
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"the shot heard round the world" took place at...
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Lexington, Mass where the first battle of the American Revolution began
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"the shot heard round the world" took place at...
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Lexington, Mass where the first battle of the American Revolution began
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Battle of Lexington
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in Mass. on April 19, 1775, where the first fighting broke out between minutemen and the red coats, 77 colonists ready to fight, 8 American casualties
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Battle of Concord
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April 19, 1775, after British troops moved on from Lexington, the minutemen were ready at Concord to drive back British with stealth tactics, 250 British casualties, 92 for colonists
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2nd Continental Congress
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Congress creates Olive Branch petition and establishes Continental Army
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Olive Branch Petition
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created at 2nd Continental Congress, sent to King George, asking for a cease fire, repeal of Intolerable Acts, and negotiations to set up rights for Americans
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Attendees of First Continental Congress
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Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Adams, George Washington, and more
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said "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
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Patrick Henry
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Hessians
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German soldiers hired by the British in August 1775 because the British didn't want to kill their own citizens, Hessians were good fighters, but had no personal investment in the war
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Minutemen
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colonists who volunteered as soldiers, called "Minutemen" because they had to be ready in a minute to fight the British
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Paul Revere and William Dawes
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rode off April 18, 1775 to warn important people (Adams, Hancock, etc.) that the British were coming
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"One if by land, two if by sea"
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refers to lantern signals hung in a church by a janitor as a sign of which way the British were coming
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Treaty of Paris 1763
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ends the French and Indian War aka Seven Years war, provisions: gave Florida to Britain, gave Cuba to Spain, French got a few sugar-producing Caribbean islands but gave up Canada, French also had to pay Spanish by giving up much of the Louisiana Purchase land
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Pontiac Rebellion
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1763, one last rebellion by Pontiac Indians during French and Indian War
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French and Indian war leads to..
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huge war debts for the British, 132 mil., led to taxes for angry colonists
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In 1775 the British were worried about the French in Nova Scotia (Acadia) so they...
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rounded up all French in British territory (roughly 4,000) and moved them to French land (Cajuns)
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Crispus Attucks, leader of the Boston Massacre March 5, 1770, first African American killed in the Revolution
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The Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770
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King George III of Great Britain, supported by loyalists, detested by separatists
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The Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773
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George Washington, strong colonial leader, in the British (French and Indian War) and Continental Armies (American Revolution), became the First U.S. President
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John Adams, strong revolutionary leader, was the lawyer for British troops after the Boston Massacre, became the second U.S. President
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Charles Townshend, became leader of British Ministry in 1767, vowed to get more money from colonists, developed the Townshend Acts that outraged colonists
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Thomas Paine, published "Common Sense" in 1776, a pamphlet the riled up the colonists because of British acts
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The line created by the Proclamation Act of 1763 that prevented colonists from settling past the Appalachian Mountains
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Political cartoon published by Benjamin Franklin in 1754, shows the disunity of the colonies and how they must come together for the Revolution
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