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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 make the colonies poor. This event was symmetrical. https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/learn/deep-dives/stamp-act/
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The Boston Massacre was a bloodshed riot. There was fighting against the Colonist and British troops, the Colonist were throwing rocks and other things at the troops. Then a British solider shot without command and killed 5 people. This event was asymmetrical https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre
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The Boston Tea Party was a protest towards the British for unfair taxation on tea. This event was asymmetrical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7qRZmHLobQ&list=PLutXO1Ng1YWmtOBpx9TKITXQnhHGn4fBu
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At Lexington the first shot was heard. The colonist then fired back to defend themselves, but then the colonist retreated. At Concord the Colonist got their first victory against the British. This is symmetrical
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The Battle of Bunker Hill was a battle that the British won but felt defeated at the end. When the British came in with there first attack they had retreated. The British came a second time and shortly retreated. The last time the British came they had won only because the Colonist had ran out of ammo and supplies, while the British had more of everything. This gave the Colonist hope on winning. This was asymmetrical
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Common Sense was an important document because it persuaded people from the colonies to become independent from Great Britain. This was asymmetrical https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thomas-paine-publishes-common-sense
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The Declaration of Independence was an important document that was about separating the 13 colonies from Great Britain. This is asymmetrical
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The British started off strong in the war, by expanding and taking over major cities, cutting their resources so the British would have more of everything. The Crossing of the Delaware in Trenton impacted the war by making the British retreat to Virginia, This is asymmetrical
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The battle of Saratoga was a possible turning point of the war because the Colonies kept fighting and pushing the British back gaining their land back, ruining the British's plan. Then the French helped the U.S when they saw they had a chance winning against the British. This is asymmetrical https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battle-of-saratoga
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Valley Forge was where the Colonists started training to go against the British. This is asymmetrical
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The British stopped fighting in the north and start fighting in the south, because they thought they would take over more since there's more British soldiers in the south. The colonist made a lot of sneak attacks and lost but made the British feel like they've had lost. Washington sent an ambush and Cornwallis fell for it This is symmetrical
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Washington sent a fake attack at Clinton. This distracted the British and once Washington found out where Cornwallis was at him and the French surrounded Yorktown. They had Cornwallis hostage and eventually surrendered with a white flag. This is asymmetrical
