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{\bf{Lexington \& Concord}} & April 19, 1775, Massachusetts ("the shot heard 'round the world") \tn 
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{\bf{Yorktown}} & October 19, 1781, Virginia \tn 
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{\bf{French and Indian War (1754-1763)}} & A war between Great Britain and France over the Ohio River valley territory. Britain won the lands in North America that France claimed. \tn 
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{\bf{Proclamation of 1763}} & King George III wanted to avoid war with the Native Americans, so he temporarily closed off all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to prevent the English colonists from settling there. \tn 
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{\bf{Stamp Act (1765-1766)}} & This was a law that said colonists had to pay for stamps on taxable paper items. Colonists argued this, saying that it was "taxation without representation." \tn 
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{\bf{Sons of Liberty}} & A mob of colonists that started as a protest of taxation by the British government. A secret society that protected the rights of the colonists. \tn 
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{\bf{Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770)}} & British soldiers shot and killed 5 common people; it was fueled by high tensions between the colonists and the soldiers stationed there. \tn 
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{\bf{First Continental Congress (September 5, 1774)}} & Delegates from the colonies met in response to the Intolerable Acts; they petitioned King George III to settle their grievances. \tn 
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{\bf{National Assembly-Tennis Court Oath}} & Formed by the members of the Third Estate, and demanded that the king accept a constitution that limited his powers. The Tennis Court Oath, June 17, 1989 was the vow to stay together until a constitution was made. \tn 
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{\bf{Republic}} & Formed by revolutionary leaders, arrested anyone who questioned their rule, and executed Louis XVI. \tn 
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{\bf{Napoleon Bonaparte}} & Took control in 1799 as general, crowned himself emperor in 1804. His rule ended the French revolution, and he restored order, created an efficient government, fair taxes, and public education. \tn 
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