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The Stamp Act
Forced colonist to pay a tax on every single piece of paper they use/ it was important because it made colonist want to leave England more because of heavy and unnecessary taxation -
The Boston Massacre
Colonist and British troops got into a fight and some colonist were shot dead for attacking the red coats/ it was important for the fact that people were outraged that colonist were shot while unarmed -
The Boston Tea Party
Colonist dressed up as Native Americans and boarded a ship from Britain loaded with tea and threw it into the Boston Harbor/ It showed how much colonist didn’t like taxes on there everyday drinking tea that they loved -
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First Continental Congress
Meeting of delegates from the thirteen colonies to talk about the revolution/ this led up to Second Continental Congress -
The Battle Of Lexington
First engagements of American Revolutionary war fought in the North/ it was colonist against redcoats that lead up to bigger wars and separation of America and England -
The Second Continental Congress
The thirteen colonies delegates met again tot talk about the American Revolution/ led up meeting again for Declaration Of Independence -
The Battle Of Bunker Hill
Big battle that happened in Massachusetts/ led to bigger wars -
The Olive Branch Petition
a petition to make a final attempt to stop war between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies/ it didn’t do much everything as same between the two groups -
The Writing And Distribution Of Common Sense
a book of moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the colonies to fight for egalitarian government/ made more people to want to be independent from Britain -
The Declaration Of Independence
A written document signed by all of America’s founders in 1776/ made America separate from Great Britain and cause a huge war