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"Crowds of day laborers, apprentices, and merchant sailors began to pelt British soldiers with snowballs and rocks. A shot rang out, and then several soldiers fired their weapons. When it was over, five civilians lay dead or dying . . . " https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/paul-revere%27s-engraving-boston-massacre-1770 -
"Over one hundred American colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded three merchant ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea into the water . . . [which] belonged to the British East India Company." https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-boston-tea-party -
At the start, the americans prospects were not very good. Britain had a well-trained army with about 40,000 soldiers, and also had 30,000 german soldiers joining them. George Washington's army only had over 20,000 men. https://subscriptions.teachtci.com/shared/sections/16383?program_id=284 -
Thomas Jefferson wrote the majority of the paper and then 56 of the founding father signed it. The paper declared there independence saying that they are now a free country. https://subscriptions.teachtci.com/shared/sections/16383?program_id=284 -
While traveling to Albany, British were confronted by the Patriots and were forced to surrender when the British reinforcements failed to arrive. This was a big turning point in the war because the British were winning but after Patriots captured a load of troops and land, they look the lead and were thriving. This big win eventually made them win the war. https://subscriptions.teachtci.com/shared/sections/16383?program_id=284