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-French Built forts in Ohio River Valley to claim territory
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-General Edward Braddocks defeat
-European style tactics ineffective against French and Native American guerrilla warfare -
May 1756 Britian officially declared war on France, beginning the "Seven years war"
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Britain gained control of all territory east of the Mississippi (except New Orleans)
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Gave British east India company monopoly on tea sales
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-Sons of Liberty poured tea into Boston harbor
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in 1774!
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Met In Philly in may 1775
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-Britain troops marched to seize weapons in Concord
-Paul Revere and William Dawes warned colonists -
-argued for self governance
-stimulated support for independance -
Washington's troops forced British to evacuate
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-major American victory
-convinced france to ally with the revolutionaries -
-preamble
-natural rights
-list of grievances
-statement of independance -
Congress signed the Declaration
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-washington's surprise attack on hessian forces
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-harsh conditions for continental army
-Brits had control of cities, Americans had more rural areas
-Brits partied while Americans trained -
First nation to recognize U.S. independence
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-british forces under Cornwallis trapped at yorktown
-french navy prevented British escape by sea -
-british recognized U.S. independence
-defined new nations boundaries -
-inspired by American Revolution