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American Revolution - HIS 102
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02/24/2009

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Boston Massacre (1770)
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12 colonists killed protesting actions of British soldiers. Commander Cpt. Preston tried for murder but acquitted (no colonists on jury)
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Sugar Act
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Parliament raised tax on sugar for "protection of colonists"
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Stamp Act
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Parliament created tax for transportation of certain documents
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Writ of Assistance
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open-ended search warrant for British troops in colonies
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Taxation without representation
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Colonists complained due to no representative in Parliament. Parliament stated that every citizen of the kingdom was virtually represented
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Tea Act
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Colonists were forced to buy British tea
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Boston Tea Party
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50 colonists, dressed as Indians, threw 45 tons of tea into Boston Harbor
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Intolerable Acts
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Result of Boston Tea Party, allowed British troops to use any colonial buildings
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First Continental Congress
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Every colony except for Georgia sent delegates to Philadelphia in 1774
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Bunker Hill
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June 17, 1775. British casualties amounted to 4 times that of colonial casualties. Made most British hate colonists. King George III declared New England a state of rebellion on August 23, 1775
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Second Continental Congress
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Met July 2, 1776. Created Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776
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Battle of Saratoga
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October 17, 1777. British troops surrendered to colonists. Convinced French to support colonies
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Battle of Yorktown
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Colonists, led by General George Washington, and French troops forced British troops to surrender October 19, 1781.
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Treaty of Paris
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1783. Britain officially recognized US as a country
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