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During the Stamp Act it required every single paper to be taxed and it caused a rebellion against it.It was because it was believed that it was taxation without representation. Since the Parliament issued the act without talking to the Colonial Government. -
During the Boston Massacre the British troops quartered in Boston and opened fired after being harassed. People like Samuel Adams demanded the removal of the British troops from Boston. Also Paul Revere who changed the movement if the British by finding out that they were gonna hit Lexington so he went to warn the people there. -
During the Boston tea party people started to throw boxes of tea into the ocean and it costed the British government a lot of money because the people wanted lower taxes. For the intolerable acts it was to break the Massachusetts government and to warn other colonies of rebellious behavior. -
During the Battle of Lexington and Concord, there was something called the Coercive Act which was a way to punish the colonist for being defiance against king. They rebel against it because they wanted their independence. After everything they won and gain their independence and now is free from the Coercive Act. -
During the battle of bunker hill, the American patriots were defeated at the battle and the British claimed victory. But it showed that the American patriot could hold their own against such a big army. -
During the Valley Forge, It was winter and it was very bad for the troops because they were promise a lot of things like food and warm clothing. They did get what they were promise but it think clothing with stale hard bread and little pieces of meat and chunks of tomato in a soup. So many of George Washington troops were sick and wounded but then still won the battle of Valley Forge. -
During the battle of Yorktown,There was 28,900 troops engaged in the battle and there were 9,000 British troops and 19,900 American troops. So then the Americans won by outnumbering the British troops and slowly starts to get their independence cease. This battle lead the Treaty of Pairs to bring peace. -
The treaty of Paris was made to bring peace against the United States after the beating defeat of Yorktown. But also because King George the third realized that it was impossible to control the Thirteen colonies. The treaty was mostly focus on the peace against them and rights like trading, fishing, and etc. -
In the French & Indian War there was the British, the French, the Native Americans. The war was significant because the British started taxing the people. The war ended with a treaty with Paris and gave Great Britain more land or control.