Sadie , Haley ,Blake

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American Revolution

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Who were the Red coats?

• They were British soldiers.
• They would fight colonists to get more land.
• They were part of a lot of battles and wars.
• They were the best army in the world .

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Who were the Patriots ?

• They were men fighting against the British
  soldiers for land and Independence.
• Some were minutemen , militia , and some were
  just citizens fighting.
• The minutemen were men who were ready to fight in
  a minutes notice.
• Militia were men who were untrained not
  professional.

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The great battles

• There were at least 4 battles.
• Battle of Bunker Hill.
• The French and Indian war.
• Battle of Quebec.
• Battle of Lexington and Concord.

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The Boston Tea Party

• It started in December 1773.
• That was when the colonist were mad about being
  taxed on the tea.
• Next they would dress up as Mohawks .
• They dumped 45 tons of tea in the Boston harbor.
• This action caused many more colonists to do the
  same .

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The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Massacre started in March 5 , 1770.
  That was when Boston exploded.
• Some of the British soldiers fired at the
  colonists.
• The colonist wrote a propaganda about the British
  and how dangerous they were.

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Intolerable Acts

• The name the Americans gave to a series of
  British imposed restrictions that came in the
  wake of the Boston Tea Party.
• You were either a Patriot someone who opposed the
  British or Loyalist.

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Pontiacs Rebellion

• The British colonists would move over to the
  Native Americans land.
• Then Pontiac sent several Native Americans to
  stop them.

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TOWNSHEND ACTS

• The British needed to raise money and a man named
  Charles Townshend was going to raise money from
  the colonies.
• The Townshend Acts was a new set of taxes.
• They would tax everything like paint ,glass, lead
  , and tea.

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Declaration of Independence

• A Declaration was written because the colonist
  wanted to be free from the British ruling.
• It took two weeks for Thomas Jefferson to write
  and rewrite the declaration.
• The day that the Declaration was signed was on
  July 4,1776 .

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The Stamp Act

• The Stamp Act was when everybody had to put a
  stamp on printed paper to buy , sell ,or use
  anything .
• British used stamps to raise money for Britain
  after the French and Indian war.
• The reason for the Stamp Act was because Great
  Britain were running out of money and in debt.
  This happened after the French and Indian war.

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Battle of Bunker hill

• The Battle of Bunker Hill started on the night of
  June 16, 1775.
• In that battle more British died than American
  soldiers.
• The British launched several attacks but failed,
  and the Patriots held them back.
• The battle took place on two hills , the Bunker
  hill and Breeds hill, mainly on Breeds hill.
• The Americans lost the battle but were proud
  because they had held back the greatest army in
  the world.

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The Battles of Lexington and Concord.

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord was in 1775.
• Some British spies saw that Minutemen were
  collecting weapons and putting them in Concord.
• There were only 60 Minutemen fighting 250 trained
  British soldiers.

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The French and Indian war

• The French and Indian war was all about gaining
  land.
• Then the Iroquois started trading fur with the
  French.
• At that time George Washington was sent to try to
  challenge the French.
• After that George Washington gained valuable
  experience as a leader.

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Americans won the war.

• The colonies signed the Declaration of
  Independence , and won the war against the
  British .It ended August 2nd and the colonies
  were free and independent.