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This is a fight that took place on June 17th, 1775, the fight was held on the breeds hill. This was the start of the American revolution. -
These were boundaries that were made on October 7th, 1763. This was a new territory and it was to make sure that American colonists didn't settle in this area. -
The Boston Massacre, this event happened on March 5, 1970, and took place in Boston. During this act 9 British soldiers took fire on a crowd of hundreds of innocent people. -
The Tea Act of 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. This granted the British East Indian party some of the sales of tea in the American colonies. This also made the tax on tea less so it was easier for people to smuggle it into the colonies. -
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that took place on December 16, 1773. They poured tea into the water in hopes of changing the tax situation. They wanted colonial support on taxation, and that was their protest. -
The intolerable acts laws were enforced in 1774, they enforced these acts to punish the colony. They were punishing Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were some of the directing military events of the American Revolutionary War. They marked the outburst of armed disagreements between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Patriot militias from America's thirteen colonies. -
Led by Ethan Allen, a small force of Green Mountain Boys: Colonel Benedict Arnold surprised and captured the fort's small British garrison. The armaments including cannons, and other things at Fort Ticonderoga were later transported to Boston by Colonel Henry Knox. -
Common sense, written in a pamphlet by Thomas Paine on page 47. Writing in a persuasive pose, the writing clearly states, that Paine collected various political and moral arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. -
The Stamp Act was an act of parliament. The Stamp Act was known as the Duties in American Colonies Act 1765. The act of Parliament from Great Britain imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper from London which included an embossed revenue stamp. -
The Declaration of Independence included these three major ideas: People have certain Inalienable Rights including Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. All men were created equal, and they all have the same rights. -
After crossing the Delaware River in a treacherous storm, General George Washington's army defeated a garrison of Hessian mercenaries at Trenton. General Washington's army took the victory and set the stage for another success at Princeton a week later and boosted the morale of the American troops. -
At Valley Forge, there were shortages of many things from medicine to clothes to even food. Washington's men were unhealthy with sickness, hunger, exhaustion, and exposure. The Continental Army camped in crude log cabins and endured cold conditions while the Redcoats warmed themselves in colonial homes. -
The Battle of Saratoga was an American defeat of the superior British army. It furthered the hope for independence, lifted patriot morale, and helped to secure the foreign support needed to win the war. -
The Patriots took the victory. Their victory helped increase support for independence among South Carolina's population and the British did not return to the Southern Colonies in force for nearly three years. -
The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrendered forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation: the United States of America.