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Official government stamp reguired. First internal tax paying for British protection.
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Import duties on tea, lead, glass, and paint colors. Money used to pay royal governors. "No taxation without representation."
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Crowd of colonists threaten British soldiers. Britsh open fire killing 5 Americans. Parliament cancelled the Townshend duties.
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British sold tea even more cheaply than smuggled tea. Colonist dressed up as Mohawks. Colonist boarded tea ships. Tea was dumped overboard.
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Closed the Part of Boston. American town meetings banned. Britsh officials in trouble sent to Great Britain for trail.
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Decided to officially seperate from Great Britain. Committee selected to draft the reasons for seperation. Thomas Jefferson selected to write the document. Met in Philadelphia.
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Bunker Hill located near Boston. Red coats victorious in third charge. Americans ran out of ammunition. Moral victory for American Army. Costliest battle for British during the whole war. British casualties 1,054. American casualties 441. British began to get nervous. Washington took command of the army 2 weeks after this battle.
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A final attempt to avoid a full-on war between the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain.
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A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776.
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Defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. An example of the Declaration of Independence was the document adopted at the Second Continental Congress.
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Surprise attack the day after Christmas. Washington crossed the Delaware. Approximately 1,000 German soldiers fighting for the British were captured.
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The turning point of the war. The biggest American victory at the time. Approximately 5,000 British surrender to Washington. After the American victory, France and American changed its policies. February 1778 France and America formed an alliance. France declared war on Britain the next month. Spain declared war in 1779.
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French blockade aided this final battle. Escape from the British was impossible. British General Cornwallis faced American forces approximately twice his size. Approximately 8,700 British troops surrendered. Pinned in by American and French naval fleets. General Benjamin Lincoln accepted the surrender sword.
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Ends the Revolutionary War. Set many geographic boarders including U.S. and Canada. Florida was returned to Spain. British merchants must be paid for lost items. Loyalists must be paid for lost property.
