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Stamp Act
The British put a stamp on all paper products, and colonist had to pay tax for all the paper products. Happened in the colonies from March 22, 1765, to March 18, 1766. The colonists replied by starting riots and boycotting products. These actions were asymmetrical because the British expected the Colonists to fight back
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Boston Massacre
It was an altercation between the Colonists and the British. This event occurred March 5, 1770. Both the Colonists, and the British were heckling each other until the British shot few people dead and many wounded.
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Boston Tea Party
The Colonists were getting fed up with the Tea Act, and responded by gathering together a group of rebellious Patriots to go onto one of the ships with tea from England, and destroy all the tea and throw it off the ship, while pretending to be Indians.This action was asymmetrical because the British were only taxing them not fighting.
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Battle of Lexington/Concord
General Thomas Gage sent British troops to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock, and to get stored arms in Concord. Paul Revere, and others, warned the minutemen that they were coming and Adams and Hancock escaped, and the minutemen had a few skirmishes with the British. The was the patriots fought back was symmetrical because they fought the British with their own line of troops.
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Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's)
The Americans took hold of Breed's Hill and the redcoats were determined to get them off of it, but the first two attacks against the Americans failed, and the third was successful because of the Americans shortage of ammunition. The British suffered large amounts of causalities, compared to the little of American causalities.
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Common Sense
This was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, persuading loyalists living in the colonies to be for a revolution and for independence.This pamphlet was read by every person in the colonies and persuaded hundreds to want independence. This was in response to the battles of Lexington and Concord, and also Bunker Hill. This was asymmetrical because the British responded by bringing in more troops.
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Declaration of Independence
This document was written by Thomas Jefferson, informing the King that they wanted to cut all ties with him.The document was basically a break-up letter from the colonists seeking to be their own country, and to have no relation with the King. This action was symmetrical because it shows the colonists won't back down.
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Battle at Trenton and Princeton
The British had control of New York and then the Americans and George Washington crossed the icy Delaware River and launched a surprise attack at Trenton, and outsmarted the British to take Princeton. These victories attracted attention to the Continental army and more men joined. This was asymmetrical because the British expected them to surrender and give up.
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Battle of Saratoga
The British achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces. Though his troop strength had been weakened, Burgoyne again attacked the Americans at Bemis Heights on October 7th, but this time was defeated and forced to retreat. He surrendered ten days later, and the American victory convinced the French government recognize the colonist’s cause and enter the war and aid them.
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Continental Army wintering and Valley Forge
General Washington led his troops to Valley Forge for the winter and as they suffered from water and food shortages they were trained by Baron von Steyben to be ready for the military campaigns of 1778.
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War in Charleston
The Americans suffered the worst defeated led by Major General Lincoln, where he surrendered to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army of 10,000 men. The Americans only lost 250 men, but the British gained a lot of equipment and supplies. This was asymmetrical because the Americans ran for most of the time in the south.
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Battle of Yorktown
General George Washington’s resounding victory and the surrender of Lord Cornwallis’s British army on 19th October 1781; the end for Britain in the American Colonies.The British Army were surrounded at Yorktown. They were greatly outnumbered by the French and American troops. For eleven days the American forces bombarded the British. Finally Cornwallis sent out the white flag for surrender.
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