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The American Revolution. French & Indian War (Seven Years War). King George III. George Grenville. Prime Minister’s Plan to Pay French & Indian War Debt Sugar Act (1764) Currency Act (1764) Quartering Act (1765) Stamp Act (1765). Stamp Act Crisis, 1765.
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George Grenville • Prime Minister’s Plan to Pay French & Indian War Debt • Sugar Act (1764) • Currency Act (1764) • Quartering Act (1765) • Stamp Act (1765)
Townsend Acts (1767) Taxes on Imported Goods:Paint, Paper, & TeaSuspends New York General Assembly
Coercive/Intolerable Acts, 1774 • Closed the Port at Boston Harbor • Dismantled Massachusetts General Assembly • Removed Royal Officials from Local Courts • Required the Quartering of British Troops
The Empire Strikes Back Lord Frederick North
“The Shot Heard Around the World” April 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington
Second Continental Congress April 1775 • Olive Branch Petition • Create Continental Army • Appointed General George Washington to Command the Army
John Adams Robert Livingston Benjamin Franklin Roger Sherman Thomas Jefferson
“These are the times that try men’s souls”Thomas Paine, “The Crisis”
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Winter 1777-1778
“Oh God! It’s All Over” Lord Frederick North