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Stamp Act
The stamp act was a law passed by the British parliament that imposed a tax on everyday things like playing cards, papers, and etc. This angered the colonies influencing them to be against Britain. They boycotted and protested British items after that. -
Townshend Acts
They were laws that put a tax on people importing things to and in the colonies. This became another reason why the colonists started to dislike britain. -
Boston Massacre
This happened when British soldiers fired into a group of colonists that were attacking them. This killed three colonists and hurt two. This event would get publicized and encourage the colonies to go against Britain. -
The Tea Act
This was another unfair act that allowed Britain to sell products for free, which made the colonists mad. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party was one of the colonist's ways the fight British laws, and colonists dumped a bunch of British tea into the Boston harbor. -
The First Continental Congress
It came together to talk about the recent laws Britain had been putting on the colonies and governing the colonies -
Lexington and Concord
This happened when the British tried to Stop the War by pushing towards the colonists and taking their weapons, but of course, they didn't do it in time because Samuel Adams and John Hancock got away with the weapons. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress came together to put their ideas together on how they would protect themselves from Britain. They also came up with and sent out the Olive Branch Petition -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was signed and sent by the Continental Congress to King George the lll. They wanted to use it to bring peace to the colonies and revert the colonies back to how the colonies were but the British rejected the offer. The King later sent a naval blockade to the colonies. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a pamphlet published by common sense that talked about how the colonies being independent would be better and encouraged people to side against Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the document that Thomas Jefferson wrote that gave all of the reasons why the colonists wanted independence from Britain -
The Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was one of the many battles that happened during the American revolution. The American colonists ended up winning the fight, giving them all hope. -
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The Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was another battle that happened during the Revolutionary War. This was another win for the colonists -
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Valley Forge
This was an event that happened not long after the battle of saratoga, and it was a camp that George Wahington and troops set up for the winter. They all suffered from hunger and frostbite. -
The Treaty of Paris
It was the document that Britain and the United States used to end the Revolutionary War.