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Taxes on all sugars and molasses imported by colonists.
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Requires colonists to buy a special stamp any time they bought a paper product.
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Colonists dressed as natives and snuck on Bristish ships. Then they threw chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
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Paul Revere and two other men rode on horses to tell colonists about the coming of redcoats.
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"Shot heard round the world" took place here. It was the first skirmish of the war. Nobody knows who shot first.
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Colonists had little supplies. Eventually ran out of supplies and lost the battle.
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Tried to make Canada the 14th colony. Colonists lost terribly.
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A 47 page pamphlet by Thomas Pain. It was about why the colonies should break away from England.
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British surrounded the colonists on Long Island. British won.
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The official document stating the colonies breaking away from England.
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Washington caught the Hessians by surprise on Christmas. It was the colonists first win.
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Biggest win for the colonies. This battle convinced Spain and France to join colonists.
