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The Sugar Act
It was a tax on sugar. It was an extention of the Molasses Act. It was made to help with the debt that England had after the French and Indian War. -
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From 1764 TO 1777
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The Stamp Act
This Act was a tax on paper. It included all forms. Playing cards, official documents and many more paper products were taxed and it made the colonists nervous and angry. -
Townshend Acts
These acts taxed tea, lead, glass, paint and a few other common items. -
The Boston Massacre
5 colonists were killed when british soldiers shot into a crowd. The soldiers had been taunted and a colonist in the crown had shouted fire and one soldier did fire. -
Boston Tea Party
When Britain didn't repeal the tea tax the Sons of Liberty dressed up as indians and raided a tea ship. They threw 352 chests of tea into the harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
The acts were punishment for the Boston Tea Party. No ships were able to leave or enter Boston's harbor until the price of the tea that was lost had been paid. -
Lexington and Concord
This was the first battle on the war. The British lost against basicly untrained colonists. -
Bunker Hill
The British won but only because the Americans ran out of ammonition. The Americans were at the top of the hill and the British had to run up the hill. "Dont fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" -
Common Sense
It was a pamplet that Thomas Paine wrote. It convinced many colonists and loyalists that breaking from England was the right thing to do. -
Declaration of Independence
The Continental Congress makes the Declaration official. -
Battle of Trenton
Took place the day after chistmas and no one died during the battle. George Washington planned a pre-dawn attack that the german Hessians were not prepared for. They had been asleep. -
Ticonderoga
The British surrounded American troops the were at the fort and blocked their supply routs. Eventually the American troops surrenderd the fort.
