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    boston tea party

  • boston tea party

    colonists dressed up as indans and threw tea over the edge of a ship because of the tea taxes on
  • intollerable acts

    the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party.
  • lexigton and concord

    The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War
  • washington becomes head of the millitary

  • declaration of independance was signed

  • battle of long island

    first major battle since the signing of the declaration americans won
  • battle of saratoga

    major win for americans
  • battle of yorktown

  • treaty of paris

    this treaty ended the war