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This was a tax on the colonies and their paper goods. It was imposed by the King and Queen to take their money and the colonies poor. This event is symmetrical. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-act
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The Boston Massacre happened when the British army fired into a crowd of people. That happened because one of the British troops was hit on the head and accidently fired a shot. Then the rest of the British troops shot into the crowd because they thought they heard their ranking officer tell them to fire. But he never did because he was in front of his own troops.
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The Boston Tea Party happened when the colonists got angry and dressed like Indians and attacked the ship and started to throw the tea into the sea. Then the British attacked the colonists so the colonists ran away. This event is asymmetrical. https://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-boston-tea-party/#:~:text=The%20Boston%20Tea%20Party%20was%20an%20organized%20political,had%20been%20recently%20passed%20by%20the%20British%20Government.
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It happened when a random shot went off and the British shot back at the colonists and so they colonists fired too.
This is symmetrical. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord#:~:text=The%20Battles%20of%20Lexington%20and%20Concord,%20fought%20on,colonies%20and%20the%20British%20authorities,%20particularly%20in%20Massachusetts. -
The battle of Bunker Hill is when the British attacked Breed's Hill and the Minutemen attacked back then the British retreated 2 times but then the Minutemen had to retreat. The British won the battle of Bunker Hill.
This event was asymmetrical. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battle-of-bunker-hill -
It is a pamphlet that says the 13 colonies will be independent from Great Britain.
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The Declaration of Independence was made by Thomas Jefferson and signed on July 3rd. On July 4th it was announced to everyone that the Declaration of Independence was signed and that the 13 colonies are now the United States of America. This is asymmetrical
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New York was now owned by the British army. George Washington was forced to retreat to Virginia. George Washington then crossed the Icy Delaware river on Christmas and surprised the Hessians in Trenton and then took Princeton.
This is asymmetrical. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-trenton-and-princeton -
Saratoga was a possible turning point in the war because the colonists were pushing back the British to gain their land back. The French helped the United States when they saw they had a chance winning against the British.
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Valley Forge is where the Americans started to train to fight against the British.
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This is when Charleston Started taking southern ports then George Washington set an ambush for Charleston which he fell for then Charleston sent artillery on his own men a killed a lot of them.
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The battle of Yorktown was when George Washington sent a "fake" attack for Cornwallis to send troops to so he can distract Cornwallis. George Washington and the French then ambushed Cornwallis and took over Yorktown. George Washington and the French took Cornwallis hostage for a few months before Cornwallis surrendered.
This is symmetrical. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-yorktown-begins
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