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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act taxed sugar and molasses. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a tax passed on stamps and also anything related to postage. -
Boston Massacre
In the Boston Massacre, only few died despite the name. History has it that the Americans actually started the fight by throwing rocks or snow. The massacre resulted in five colonists death -
Tea Act
The Tea Act taxed Tea which was the colonists favorite drink. -
Boston Tea Party
The Americans became fed up with the taxes on tea and then on December 16th of 1773, dressed as Indians, marched onto a British ship and threw tea overboard to protest. -
First Continental Congress Meets
The First Continental Congress Meeting meant big things for the colonists. The Congress meeting helped the colonists pass the law for independence, even though they still fought for it. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
These battles were the first battles of The Revolutionary War. The British were ordered to find and destroy any weapons being secretly stored at Concord. No one knows who fired the first shot, but the first shot is better known as "The Shot Heard Round the World". There were no real winners, ta win because they now knew they could stand up to the Redcoats. -
Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill
The Colonists call the Battle of Bunker Hill a sucsess even thought they lost, becuase they learned valubale strategies and discovered that they could defeat the British -
Battle of Trenton
The attack in Trenton was a smaller, suprise battle. The Americans eventually won without many losses. -
Battle of Saratoga
In the first battle, the Britsh had outnumbered the colonists and siezed the first battle. Although in the second battle the Americans came more prepared and ready to battle, eventually on Oct. 17th of 1777 the British surrendered and the Americans gained back Saratoga. -
The Siege of Charlestown
Charlestown was a major battle taking place at the end of the war. General Benjamin Lincoln surendered the American Army to a force of over 5,000 British, leading to a British victory. -
Yorktown
The last battle of the War proved to be a great one. The Americans, with the help of Rochambeu, surounded the British forcesg them by many, The British eventually gave up and surrendered.
