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Told colonists that they could not settle past the Appalachian Mountains.
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British put a tax on sugar.
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British imposed a tax on all legal documents upon the colonists.
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British claimed that they had authority to make laws for the colonies.
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The Townshend Duties were a bunch of laws passed by the British in 1767.
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British soldiers shot multiple colonists after being taunted and having rocks thrown at them.
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British put a tax on tea.
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A group of colonists boarded a docked British vessel and dumped its cargo, which was tea, into Boston Harbor.
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The Intolerable Acts were laws imposed on the colonists by the British as a sort of punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
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First battle of the Revolutionary War. This is where the "short heard around the world" was fired.
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Battle between Americans and British, but the Americans lost.
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Americans wrote a letter to King George III asking for him to see his faults and help maintain a relationship with the colonies.
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A pamphlet by Thomas Paine called "Common Sense" gave argument as to why America should be independent.
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American soldiers surrounded British troops in the city of Boston so that they could not do anything.
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A letter to Britain stating that America was ending their relationship with England and it also lists the reasons why.
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Washington was defeated at Long Island after trying to stop British Troops from capturing New York, then Washington lost again to them, then won against them, and then lost again.
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Washington crossed the Delaware river and performed a surprise attack on the Hessians, and eventually won.
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Fought in Germantown, Pennsylvania, British troops led by Howe won against Americans.
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A series of battles that took place near Saratoga, New York and had devastating amounts of British casualties.
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Agreement between the 13 colonies and came a precurosor to the constitution.
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Valley Forge is where the American soldiers camped out over the winter until Spring of 1778.
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Major victory for British, but Americans lost many people.
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Huge victory for the British. Forces continental army to change strategies in the south.
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General Cornwallis is forced to surrender. This is an American victory.
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Agreement between Britain and the colonies. Set boundaries for settlers in America, as well as fishing rules and various other agreements.
