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The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot, killing five and wounding 6. It began as a brawl between an American Colonist and a British soldier who was guarding the Kings money and then escalated quickly. This event further energized the anti-British sentiment. -
This was a political protest led by the Sons Of Liberty in which they dumped 352 chests of tea into the harbour. The British were in debt so they started to tax American Colonists on every piece of printed paper and later even paint, glass, lead and tea, to help pay these debts. The stamp acts and Townshend acts put these taxes on these items. Which led to the Boston Tea Party. -
In response to the Boston Tea Party, the british, passed 4 laws to punish the colony of Massachusetts bay. The Intolerable acts included , the boston port act, which closed the port to boston so no food or supplies could not be delivered, this angered many people. Also the sugar act. stamp act, and Townshend act, which put taxes on things like paper, sugar, etc.
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The creation of the continental congress served a government of the 13 American Colonies. This was implemented in the response to the British Parliament passage of the intolerable acts. -
This was a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem was a, partially fictional but, it was about how Paul Revere rode his horse to lexington to warn them of the british troops marching into town to arrest them. -
This would kick off the start of the American Revolutionary war. At the dawn of April 19th,1775, 700 british troops arrived in Lexington and ran into 77 militiamen. Till this day nobody knows who let the first shot off but when it did 8 militiamen were dead , 9 were wounded, and 1 redcoat was injured. The british would continue searching concord for four hours until they ran into more militiamen, causing them to retreat This battle would lead to a full-scale war of independence. -
This was one of the first battle of the American Revolutionary war. This battle was between the British and the Americans. The British would win this battle. This battle had many casualties. The British had, 1,054 casualties, wounded included and the Americans had 450 causalities. This battle happened for a tactical advantage over the Americans. -
Richard Lee first suggested to the congress to declare independence. Lee's resolution was postponed and then the Committee of Five was instructed to draft a statement for the world's independence. The congress recessed for 3 weeks, meanwhile, The committee Of Five had drafted the document. The Declaration of independence would be officially adopted July 4th, freeing the american of british ruling.
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This was a turning point in the revolutionary war. The americans defeated the British. This furthered the hope that americans would get their independence and helped secure an allie with france to win the war.
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The Treaty Of Paris would officially end the revolutionary war, between the Americans and the british. It would also recognize the U.S independence and granted them significant western territory.