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Proclamation Act - 1763
Sugar Act - 1764
Stamp Act - 1765 Bunker Hill - June 1775
Declaratory Act - 1766 Common Sense - 1776
Boston Massacre - 1770 Declaration of Independence - 1776
Boston Tea Party - 1773
Intolerable Acts - 1774
Lexington & Concord - April 1775 |
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| Stamp Act Congress of 1765 |
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| Fist direct tax (internal) |
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| Boycotting of English goods (tea) |
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| Committees of Correspondence of 1772 |
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| Transfer of information between colonies |
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| 1st Continental Congress of 1774 |
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Founding fathers
Leading leaders ( top notch )
Correspondence with the King before Bunker Hill |
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| 2nd Continental Congress of 1775 |
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| Olive Branch petition after the battle at Binker Hill |
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| Propaganda in the Colonies |
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Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre:
Unarmed colonists
Helpless men
Red Coats are organized and ready to fight
Thomas Paine's Common Sense:
"an island should not rule a continent"
Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence:
Exagerated the offenses of ing George
Jefferson was influenced by Enlightened thinker, John Locke |
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Headed by George Washington from Virginia
Advantages:
CA BA
1. own land 1. Strong in numbers
2. Guerilla Warfare 2. Trained/ experienced
One year of service for those thatenlist or are drafted
Fought hand and hand with the state militias throughout the war |
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