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Colonists provoked British soilders becasue they were angry about taxes. Many colonists over-exagerated the event.
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Limited trade to British East India Company. Colonists were angry becasue they were not treated like other British subjects.
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Was the reaction to the Tea Act. Colonists dressed as Natives and dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
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Was also known as the Coercive Acts. Closed Boston Harbor; Mass. charter was canceled, Gage became the new govener; royal officials go to Britian for trials; colonists were forced to quarter soliders; and Quebec gets land.
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British quickly got past Patriots at Lexington. British were forces to retreat at Concord.
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Decided to continue boycotting British goods, didn't declare war but prepared an army. Wrote the Decleration of Rights.
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Created at First Continental Congress. Stated the complaints against taxes being imposed unjustly on them.
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Patriots surronded Boston with cannons. Forced Britians to leave.
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Founded the Continental army. Also drafted the Olive Branch Petition.
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One of the most important colonial victories. The battle lasted three hours and was one of the deadliest battles of the Revolutionary War.
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Was adopted by the second continental congress. The colonists were tyring to assert their rights and King George refused to read it.
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A pamphlet by Thomas Paine. It argues that citizens should be able to make laws. It changes many colonists minds and was widely distibuted.
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Announced that the thirteen colonies were now independent dtates. Thomas Jefferson wrote most of it.
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The British had a big victory. They gained control of the city and kept it for the rest of the war.
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George Washington led his troops across the Deleware River to suprise attack the British army. The Americans won because the Hessians let their guard down and fell asleep.
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The British won. They captured Phiidelphia; the colonists capital.
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The British had a good victory. They invaded New York and forced the Americans to surrender.
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The surrender at Charleston is the biggest American surrender ever. General Clinton called it a siege because if it would be called an attack then he was afraid the people of Charleston would not listen to his rules.
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The last battle of the Revolutionary War. The Americans forced the British to surrender.
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the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War. It stated all of the Americans rights. Benjamin Franklin negotiated most of the Treaty.
