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Boston Massacre
Colonists were protesting British soldiers enforcing taxes. When one of the soldiers was hit with a snowball he fired his weapon causing other soldiers to fire killing five colonists. -
Boston Tea Act
They put a tax on tea saying that you can only buy tea from British companies up setting the colonists causing the Boston Tea Party -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists were mad that the king enforced taxation without Representation. They went to to Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chest of tea into the harbor. -
Bunker Hill
An early battle in the revolutionary war where the Americans lasted a lot longer than anyone expected them to showing that this would not be an easy war -
Common Sense
It is written by Thomas Payne saying that it is common sense that America should break away from Britan -
Valley Forge
A place where George Washington is camping and his soldiers are starving and if he loses them they will lose the war -
Declaration of Independence
When the Declaration of Independence was signed it broke the 13 colonies away from Britain and made the their own country. -
Battle of Cowpens
It was a victory for the Americans forcing the British to retreat giving the Americans a boost of confidence -
Treaty of Paris
This treaty officially ends the war and Britan leaves -
Siege of Yorktown
It is the last battle that ends the war and the British are so tired of fighting that they give up and leave