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Stamp Act
A tax on people that lived in the colonies. The money went to England. A stamp needed to be on every paper. -
Boston Massacre
The colonists threw snow balls at the Redcoats. Then the colonists were fired at. Five people died. The first man who died was an escaped slave. -
Boston Tea Party
People threw tea in the ocean. The colonists threw the tea that belonged to the British. -
Intolerable Acts
Laws against the colonists made by the British. -
Lexington and Concord
The first battles of the Revolutionary War. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote this to get people to fight for independence from England. -
Declaration of Independence
The Second Continental Congress wrote this to explain why the colonists were going to break away from England. -
Battle of Saratoga
A battle that was a major turning point in the American Revolutionary War. The patriots won. -
Battle of Yorktown
The last battle where the British surrendered to the colonists. -
Treaty of Paris
Letter between the colonists and the British that ended the war.
