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An act that was passed in colonial times that made it so that the colonists would have to pay a tax on every single printed paper product that they bought. Such as; Ship Papers, legal documents, newspapers and even playing cards!
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The original idea was a petition but it soon got out of hand. The American people began to protest the tax and then they just stopped paying it.
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A British ship by the name of the Gaspee ran aground in Rhode Island. Later that night a group of Americans raided the Gaspee harming the captain and all of the crew members.
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The British began to put a large tax on tea. This cause anger within the people of the colnies. When three British boats full of tea landed in Boston Harbor, the Bostonians became very upset. They became so upset that they climbed into the boats disguised as Native Americans and threw the boxes upon boxes of tea into the harbor.
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The Intolerable acts came in four parts. The first part was that the British made sure that all the damages and tea from the Boston Tea Party were paid for. It then closed down Boston Harbor for anything but British ships. The second thing they did was send loads of British troops into Boston. Third, the British government became in charge of all Boston Town Meetings. Lastly, they extended the Canadian borders to cut off the western colonies.
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The Quebec act removed all fur trade from Ohio all the way down the Mississippi River.
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When a represenative from all of the colonies except for Georgia got together and decided to stop continental trade until the Intolerable Acts were revoked.
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Patriot troops attacked the British troops in Virginia and won, the British fled Virginia.
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The British began to march to Concord. With much disgrace the men of the town around met the British military in an open field to stop the march. There was a gun shot that is now know as the Shot Hear Around the World. The Patriots did not have great marksmanship but they killed 250 Red Coats while only 90 Patriots died.
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The night before the Battle of Lexington and Concord Paul Revere rode his horse around town of Massachusets alerting the colonial Militia of the marching of British troops. He is known for saying "The British are Coming, the British are coming."
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During this meeting the leaders decided to form a militia that would defend the colnies from the attacking British soldiers.
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A battle that took place on Breed's hill. The British won the battle.
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The Continental Congress sent a letter to the King George the Third asking him to call off the violence so that they could work out the problems peacfully, it also stated that they were still loyal to him.
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A document written by King George the Third. After writting this he refused to look at the Decleration of Indapendance.
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An organization that was founded in each colony it was used to communicate and unite the colonies.
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A book that was written to show just how bad the King really was, This book needed to be written becasue at the time because the people looked at Parliment as the bad guy, no the king.
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The Decleration on Indapendance was written by Thomas Jefferson and before the final singning on July 4th the document went through 86 edits.
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The final document written by the colonists declaring freedom from England. The Decleration talked about why the colonists were fighting England and why they wanted Freedom. It is looked at as the most famous and important document of American history.
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George Washington was elected Comandor and Chief of the continental army. He lead the final battles for indapendance against Britian. He was elected because of his previous experience.
