Key+Events+6c

These are some key events from...all of that stuff. We have to know all this is the right order so....

First is

The Proclamation of 1763
 * That was a law
 * It stated that colonists could not settle land over there in the west
 * This is why the FRENCH AND INDIAN war was fought

Second was

The Stamp Act
 * This was a Tax
 * It put taxes on all printed material
 * This was the kings war of trying to pay for the French and indian war
 * This was in 1765

Third was

The Boston Massacre
 * The colonists in Boston started taunting the British soldiers
 * So the soldiers shot at the colonists, causing a massacre

Fourth was

The Boston Tea Party
 * Samuel Adams and Paul Revere Started this
 * They Threw tea into the Boston harbor, protesting tea taxes

Fifth was

The First Continental Congress
 * Delegstes from all colonies met
 * The discusted problems with England
 * Then they started talking about Independance

Sixth

The Battle of Lexington and Concord
 * The first armed confilct
 * Started the Revolutionary war

seventh

The Approval of the Declaration Of Independance
 * We all know what this is, but just incase, this was when colonists declared independance from England
 * We know the date....July 4th, 1776 (the fourth of July, fire crackers, cookouts?)

eighth

The Battle of Saratoga
 * An American Victory (We won)
 * The turning point in the revolutionary war

ninth

Surrender at yorktown
 * The colonial victory
 * This was the End of of the revolutionary war (YAY WOOHOO...not)
 * Cornwallis surrendered to our, very own, GEORGE WASHINGTON

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