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The Boston Massacre was a street fight that between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Some colonist were killed. -
The Boston Tea Party was an act of protest in which a group of 60 American colonists threw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to agitate against both a tax on tea -
The passage of the Intolerable Acts were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
The creating of the Continental Congress delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression. -
The battles of Lexington and Concord marked the start of the American War of Independence. -
The American patriots were defeated at the Battle of Bunker Hill, but they proved they could hold their own against the superior British Army. -
The creation of the Declaration of Independence started with the "Committee of Five," John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence.
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The battle of Saratoga assured critical international recognition and aid and helped secure the independence of the United States. -
The treaty of Paris ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.