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Stamp Act
Tax on all paper related products. -
Townshend Act
Series of acts elaborately used to get more money from the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired upon colonist without good reason, -
Intolerable Acts
A series of acts that were unfair causing americans to pay too much on taxes to the British. -
Boston Tea Party
The Americans dressed like indians and poured tea out of the ships and causing the british to lose a huge chunk of money. -
Second Continental Congress
The process that started the writing of the Declaration of Independents. -
Olive Branch Petition
The colonists tried to make peace with England but failed in their attempts. -
Bunker Hill
The British Invaded an American Bunker and took it by strategically marching in seperate waves, leaving the patriots defenseless. -
Common Sense is Published
A book about how government should be written so everyone can read it. -
Declaration of Independence
When the Americans broke away from England and became independant. -
Trenton
The British troops surrendered to General George Washington. -
Battle of Saratoga
The turning point of the Revolutionary war. -
Yorktown
The Americans won against the British. -
Treaty of Paris
The ending of the Revolutionary war.
