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First internal tax paying for British protection
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Taxes on tea, lead, glass, and paint colors. The money was used to pay royal governments.
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Many colonists threatened British soliders.
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Groups of Massachusetts colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded tea ships then threw away 342 chests of tea.
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Also called coerice acts. Series of British laws passed by the parliament of Great Britian.
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Made decisions on when and where to attack the British. This congress created a system where the government would borrow money from the citizens and return it with interest.
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Final attempt to avoid a war between the 13 colonies
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Occurred in Massachusetts. The battle mainly occurred nearby on Breed's Hill.
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It was about independence from American colonies
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Written by Thomas Jefferson. John Hancock was the first to sign it. After the 1st draft, the Continental Congress and the members of the Declaration made 86 changes to Jefferson's draft.
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Surprise attack, day after Christmas. General George Washington marched the Continental Army to Trenton, New Jersey. James Monroe fought in this war and was injured in it.
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Turning point of the Revolutionary War. It secured a critical French alliegance with America.
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Known as the Seige of Yorktown. Final Battle of the Revolutionary War. Officially over after the Signing of the Treaty Of Paris.
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Ended the Revolutionary War.
