american revolution
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- French and Indian war
- No Taxation Without Representation
- we aren't paying taxes no more
- you're paying taxes
- First Continental Congress
- the French and Indians fought England for 7 years for territory, after the war ended and British won, the British were in debt and needed money so they taxed the american colonists a lot
- The French Alliance
- colonists had to pay taxes but had no vote or say in Parliament so they stopped paying taxes completely
- Battle of Yorktown
- Army leader, George Washington, and a group of important men met to discuss the colonies crisis. This congress exploded into a war causing the British and the Continental army to meet up and this was known as the beginning of the american revolution
- Treaty of Paris
- The American army defeated British, this victory made French join the Americans to fight against Britain. French helped a lot by bring much supplies, trained soldiers and warships
- This was the last major battle fought in Yorktown, Virginia. British troops were surrounded by the American and French causing Britain to surrender on Oct 19, 1781
- American, British, and French signed the Treaty of Paris ending the war
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