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French and Indian War
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American Revolution
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Sugar Act
Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
Stamp Act
This act imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies -
Boston Massacre
A scenario where British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under intense attack by a mob -
Tea Act
The objective was to reduce the large amount of tea held by the financially-troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard -
Boston Port Act
An Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which became law on March 25, 1774 and is one of the measures that were designed to secure Great Britain's jurisdictions over her American dominions -
The Quartering Act 1774
allowed British soldiers to stay in private American homes if necessary -
Patrick Henry's 'Give Me Liberty' Speech
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
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Battle of Ticonderoga
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George Washington is Named Commander in Chief
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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Thomas Paine Writes Common Sense
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Declaration of Independence is Written and Signed
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Battle of Saratoga
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Battle of Yorktown