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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a tax on paper documents such as legal documents, licenses, newspapers, pamphlets, and even playing cards. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts placed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act of 1773 allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists. -
Battle of Concord
First military engagments of the American Revolutionary War. British found out colonists were keeping guns in Concord but when the British got their there was none. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British advanced on the colonist 3 times. The British won because eventually the colonists ran out of ammo. -
Declaration of Independance
The Declaration of Independance formally announced the colonies' break from Great Britain. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was an important Patriot victory. The Patriots defeated the Hessians. -
Battle of Princeton
General George Washington's forces defeated the British outside of Princeton. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga in New York was the turning point in the war. -
Valley Forge
The winter of 1777 was a terrible winter for Washington and his men he had come with about 12,000 and some 2,000 died of disease and malnutrtion. -
Battle of Yorktown
Last major battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris
In the Treaty of Paris the British recognized the independance of the United States.
