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These were taxes that had to be put on stamps. The money was earned to British troops stationed in North America.
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The colonies planned their reaction to the british actions. This was the first committee that was established.
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The Gaspee Affair lead up to the American revolution.
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Because of the high taxes on tea some colonists in Boston threw tea worth more than a million dollar into the sea. This was done to revolt against the british taxes
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These were popular in Britain because of the direct encouragement of George the 3rd. It said that colonists were intolerant
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Twelve of the thirteen colonies sent a leader to the congress.
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This was a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that told the readers what Paul Revere did. Paul Revere himself had riden throuought the colinies to warn of the british
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These battles were the first of the revolutionary war.
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All colonies met and planned the fight against the British. This was the second time that the Continential Congress had met.
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The Olive Branch Petition was rejected by Britain. It wanted to avoid a real war.
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the British fought against the colonists on Bunker Hill. The result was a victory for the British, they had still lost 226 men and 800 were wounded.
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This was the response of King George 3rd to the events on Bunker Hill.
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Thomas Paine wrote this Pamphlet, that was a book that everyone could understand. It was about ideas of independence and revolution.
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Known as Evacuation day. The British left Boston and the occupants such as the military had left Boston
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Thomas Jefferson drafted it on June 11th of 1776
It is displayed in Washington
