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The boston tea party was a riat against the taxation of the all products that came into the harbor from britain . 324 chest of tea was dumped into the harbor that day .
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Each colony elected a leader to represent them at the first continental congress . This is how they started there new government.
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He made this famous ride to tell people the british are coming so they could prepare them for war
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First shot fired of the american revolution was shot april,4th 1775 and it was called the shot heard round the world.
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One of the many battles of the american revolution . Lead by William prescott he said don't shoot till you see the white of there eye's
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America says they no longer want to be british citizens because they have no one to represent them when the british were raising there taxes they wanted some say so .
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George washington crosses the delaware river as a surprise attack on the hessian soldiers . Because they were allies with great britain.
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When the colonies decided they wanted to break away from great britain we decided we needed a new flag so the continental congress chose a flag made by Betsy Ross . It had thirteen starts to represent the thirteen colonies .
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It was the last major battle of the american revolutionary war . It helped end the fight for independence .
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The end of the war was eight years after it started and it ended with the treaty of paris .
