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tax on legal documents. required a legal stamp for documents. ( playing cards, newspapers, ect.)
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parliment puts duties on important goods (tea, paper, glass, paints)
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a drunken man throws a snowball at a soldier and then everyone joins in on it. A soldier shot one of the people.
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the colonists disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians and take over the ships. And dumped all the tea into the river. ( 45 tones )
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Took place on the morning of Christmas. During the American Revolutionary war. After General George Washington 2,400 men across the river and march south of the town.
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all the shipping in Boston is shut down until the colonists pay back all the money.
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first gathered in May 1775. Same people came. The newer people are Ben Franklin, John Hancock, and Thomas Jefferson.
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American troops occupied two hills north of Boston. Breeds Hill and Bunker Hill. British won but last half the people that they came with.
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It was a attempt to understand the rights of the colonists while staying true to their loyalty to the British crown. But the King had denied it and said it was a act of rebellion.
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Written by Thomas Paine that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britian.
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Declaration Of Independence. Written by Thomas Jefferson. The Congress formally adopted it in Philadelphia. Other people that had worked on the Declaration are Ben Franklin and John Adams.
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It was a turning point for the Revoultionary war. 5,895 British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms.General John Burgoyne had lost 86% of his expeditionary force that triumphantly marched into New York from Canada.
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It was the last major engagment of the American Revolution.
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formally ended the revolutionary war. Great Britian, France, Spain and the US involved in war.
