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Stamp Act
A tax on printed goods. It included magazines,legal documents, paper, newspaper and manymore -
Sons of liberty
A group made up of amercian patriots created to protest english rule. -
Declatory Act
Followed repealment of stamp act. The act attempted to make colonists more dependent on Enlgand -
Townshend Act
Rasise revenue from the colonies to pay the goverment officials in England. -
Boston massacre
When vcolonists rioted against British soldiers the crowd was fired apon. 5 colonists died while another 6 were left injured. -
Tea act
A taxation on tea purchased from england -
Boston Tea Party
American patriots dressed as native americans dumped tea into the harbour -
Intolerable Acts
Name used to describe the series of laws passed by Great Britans Parliament. -
1st Continental Congress
when 56 colnists met in Carpenters Hall to gaher ideas for colonial rights. -
Lexington and Concord
About 700 british soldiers headed to Massachusets to destroy colonist weapons -
2nd Continental Congress
Managed the continental warfare against England -
Common sense
Common sense presented arguments to escape British rule. It brought up the idea of a revolution against Britain -
Declaration of Indepence
Declared that the colonists wanted to be free from Britan's rule -
Battle of Trenton
The hazardous crossing in adverse weather made it possible for Washington to lead the army to trenton -
Battle of New York
Washington was hampered by british control over the sea it allowed the english to attack either long Island or Manhattan. -
Battle of Saratoga
Battles were fought 18 days apart on the same ground just 9 miles below Saratoga -
Battle of Yorktown
clear victory by a combined force of American and French against Britan -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the American Revolution against Great Britan making America independent
