SS midterm

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Parliament removed King James from power and crowned William and Mary to rule

Parliament drew up English Bill of Rights

Britain and France were leading European powers

15 percent of Boston's population died of smallpox.

Great Awakening swept through the colonies.

82% of men and 50% of women could read.

South Carolina and Georgia had the fastest-growing economy

Governor of Virginia (George Washington) sends a militia to drive out the French

Iroquois refuses an alliance with Britain unlike the other tribes, Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, ad Tuscarora
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William Pitt becomes Prime minister of Britain
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British forces win key victory at Fort Louisbourg

September, British troops defeated French Army at the Plains of Abraham

New York and Philadelphia were the largest cities in the American colonies

Pontiac and his forces captured British fort at Detroit

The Proclamation of 1763 kept peace with the natives and angered colonists.

Sugar Act lowered taxes on molasses.

Stamp Act charged tax on paper goods to mark what was taxed a stamp was placed on the good.

Pontiac agreed peace with the British, but afterwards, his allies turn against him
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Townshend Acts were taxes on imports. Protests against Britain began.

1770 to 1772 - The Townshend Acts were canceled.

The Tea Act was enforced. This was a tax on tea.

The Boston Tea Party occurred, 46 tons of tea were dumped into the harbor.

The First Continental Congress met.
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Intolerable Acts were another name for the Coercive Acts, and Quebec Act.

British officer notices militia collecting weapons.

Colonel Prescott made camp on Bunker Hill which was across from Boston.
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Created by second continental congress.

Second Continental Congress met on May 10.

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British troops are in and around Boston
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Paul Revere warns Massachusetts militia of british troops.
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Fort Ticonderoga, a British stronghold, surrendered.

Thomas Jefferson drafted, John Adams wrote next one.
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"We shall have a long... and bloody war to go through." - John Adams
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Led 24,000 troops across Delaware River to Trenton on Christmas Night

Against American and British
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Fights would break out in the streets. One famous fights is the Boston Massacre.
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In Rhode island all African Americans
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Charlestown in South Carolina captured by British.

Captain Arnold accused of treason.

Yorktown, Virginia

Treaty of Paris is signed

Edward Jenner developed a safer smallpox vaccine.
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