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A line created by the British that was on the Appalachian mountains that the colonist couldn't cross. -
Raised taxes For the British and increased cost for paper, tea, and legal documents. this made the colonist Upset and made it hard for the colonist considering these were everyday items. -
The British sot and killed colonist when they were protesting causing a huge conflict between both. -
A Law that required colonist to pay 3 pennies for every pound of tea -
The colonist were upset with the tea act so they decided to dress up as Indians and dump tea into the Boston harbor. -
As a punishment for the Boston tea party the British. The Boston harbor was shutdown and allowed British soldiers to come into colonist homes -
The British went to Lexington and Concord to suppress the colonist by getting rid of their weapons. Someone shot their weapon which was known as "The shot heard around the world." and it cause the first battle of the war leading the colonist to victory.
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An American victory that Ethan Allen, Green Mountain Boys, and Benedict Arnold captured a small fort from the British. -
A petition made as a final attempt to avoid war with Britain. But it had failed and made King George angry. -
A battle that took the British 3 attempts to defeat the colonist. Truly the colonist were the real victors because they had only lost from little ammunition . -
Common sense challenged authority of the Royal Monarchy and British Government that asked for independence. -
A document from the Continental Congress. It declare that the colonist would be their own Independent nation. -
This battle had Washington and his men cross the Delaware river. It was also the first victory the colonist have had in a long time. -
A battle in which was a turning point for the colonist since they won the battle which hadn't happened for a while. Although Benedict Arnold did lead his men to victory he did disobey the rules and was kicked out of the army. He then later betrayed the colonist. -
The colonist decided to take a break during the winter and spend time training outside of Pennsylvania where the British were also training as well as spying on the colonies. Baron Friedrich von Steuben was a Prussian commander who was in charge of training the colonist, -
The battle in which general Cornwallis surrendered his army of 8000 men. this battle was marked as the unofficial end of the war.