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Updated: 7 Sep 2018
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Colonist Heavily Taxed
They were taxed to pay back the money they spent on the war
People had to pay taxes on everything
Finally King George repeals most taxes exept tea tax
.Stamp/Tea/Sugar
Stamp Act
Massachusets briefly experimented with a stamp duty
American colonies were obliged to pay a fee on almost every piece
People who created public documents had to ay a tax on blank paper
.King George repeals most taxes except Tea Tax
.Boston Massacre
.Boston Tea Party
It was a protest against american colonist against the British
They through chest of tea in to the Boston Harbor
Protested 13 years
.First Continent Congress
The first Continental Congress took place in Philadelphia
Involved how to deal with the possibility of their petition
Peyton Randolph presided over the Continental Congree
.Thomas Paine Wrote Common Sence
it's a pamphlet
Advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the thirteen colonies
Written in Pursuasive form
.Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration of Independence wasn't signed on July 4, 1776. On July 4, Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence, now known as Independence Day.
When the Declaration of Independence was read aloud in New York City, it started a riot. George Washington read the document aloud in front of City Hall.
Eight of the 56 signers of the declaration of independence was born in Britan
.Periods
French and Indian War
It was Fought between Britain and France
The French and Natives of North America fought as allies against the British at the start of the French and Indian War.
English troops outnumbered the French when the war began
England Won the war
England In Major Debt
.Revolutionary war
U.S. troops engaged 217,00
Americans battle Deaths 4,435
The 13 American colonies fought for independence from British rule to become the UNited States
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