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French + Indian War
-French Built forts in Ohio River Valley to claim territory -
Fort Daquense
-General Edward Braddocks defeat
-European style tactics ineffective against French and Native American guerrilla warfare -
"Seven years war"
May 1756 Britian officially declared war on France, beginning the "Seven years war" -
Tea Act
Gave British east India company monopoly on tea sales -
Sons of Liberty
-Sons of Liberty poured tea into Boston harbor -
First Continental Congress
in 1774! -
The second continental congress
Met In Philly in may 1775 -
British Seizing
-Britain troops marched to seize weapons in Concord
-Paul Revere and William Dawes warned colonists -
Thomas Paines "common sense"
-argued for self governance
-stimulated support for independance -
Siege of Boston
Washington's troops forced British to evacuate -
Battle of Saratoga
-major American victory
-convinced france to ally with the revolutionaries -
Deceleration of Independance Approved
-preamble
-natural rights
-list of grievances
-statement of independance -
Deceleration of Independence signed
Congress signed the Declaration -
Battle of Trenton
-washington's surprise attack on hessian forces -
Period: to
Valley Forge
-harsh conditions for continental army
-Brits had control of cities, Americans had more rural areas
-Brits partied while Americans trained -
The Final Battle: Yorktown
-british forces under Cornwallis trapped at yorktown
-french navy prevented British escape by sea -
Treaty of Paris
-british recognized U.S. independence
-defined new nations boundaries -
French Revolution
-inspired by American Revolution