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On March 22nd, 1765 the British government passed an act that enforced a stamp duty on the colonists.
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The colonists were forced to allow the British into their homes. They had to provide necessities and a place to live.
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On March 5, 1770, British soldiers and a mob of colonists attacked each other. There were 5 deaths.
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A tax on tea to reduce the amount of tea that was being shipped to the colonists. The tax was meant to help British East India Company.
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Colonists dressed up as Native Americans went aboard a ship at night that contained taxed tea and dumped all of it into the ocean.
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The first battles in the American Revolution.
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A battle that was fought in the beginning part of our revolution.
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The battle in which the colonists won and negotiated surrender.
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A statement that announced America as a new country.
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A treaty between Britain and America that ended the revolutionary war. The British recognized that America's Independence.
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George Washington became the first president of the United States after serving the colonies in the Revolution as a General. (I don't know the exact date)
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This date was made to credit all of the commercial reusable images that I used in this presentation.
