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This required all trade to be done in English vessels. It eventually started the Anglo-Dutch war. -
The British beat the Native Americans, the colonies and the French. Now that it was over they thought it was time for people to pay there dues. -
This happened because the British needed money for the war and they started printed goods. Thus causing the colonists to revolt. -
Once they started taxing colonists, they lived by no taxation without representation and protested. Then shots were fired killing civilians. -
The British still wasn’t making enough money back so they started taxing imported goods like tea. Therefore, causing the Boston Tea Party. -
Since they taxed imported goods, like tea. People dumped tea into the Boston harbor in protest. -
These were laws passed by the British to punish the colonists for the Boston tea party. The people started to separate from the British government. -
It was a congress of the 13 colonies that discussed how to separate from Britain. This coming because Britain passed the Intolerable Act. -
Since the colonies separated the British marched into Lexington planning to take some American land. To their surprise America came out fighting and upset them. -
Since the war with Britain, the members of the first congress reconvened to talk about their independence from Britain. Thus making the Declaration of Independence something possible. -
After the Continental congress, the leaders of the colonists wrote a declaration passed by the Continental Congress to give them freedom from Britain. -
It was a crucial battle for America and there freedom, somewhat known as the turning point for America in the American Revolution. -
This was one of the worst parts of the war for the Americans. There were extreme weather conditions, sickness, not enough supplies. Although it was a very important part of the fight for freedom. -
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After many long fought battles by the Americans, they final trapped the British on a Peninsula in Yorktown forcing them to surrender and the Americans victorious. -
This was the writing of America’s first constitution after winning their freedom from Britain. This giving them all there laws for a new life. -
This was the people adopting their new way of life after separating from Britain and finally winning their independence. What they tried to do for years on end.