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Stamp Act
Taxed the colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
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Townshend Act
Imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
street fight between the colonists and the british, and several colonists were killed by the british during this event. -
Intolerable Acts
Result of the Boston Tea Party to punish the colonists for their actions. They blocked ports, no more town meetings, and put colonists on trial. -
Second Continental Congress
Met after the Battle of Lexington and Concord and they formed the Continental Army and chose George Washington to be Commander-in-Chief of the army. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle that had a lot of hand-to-hand combat because the Americans were low on ammunition and the british kept coming in massive waves. -
Olive Branch Petition
Letter to King George III to try and prevent a war for independence against Britain. -
Common Sense is published
Book written by Thomas Paine that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to fight for independence against Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
Document written by Thomas Jefferson that declared independence for the colonists. -
Battle of Trenton
Physical and moral victory for George Washington for a battle that took place in Trenton, New Jersey against Hessian and British troops. -
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Battle of Saratoga
Battle that convinced the French to form an alliance with the colonists. It is also considered to be the turning point in the American Revolution. -
Battle of Yorktown
Final battle of the American Revolution with the alliance of the French and the colonists fighting the British and brings a victory to the colonists and the French. -
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Battle of Yorktown
Treaty signed in Paris that brought an official end to the Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty signed in Paris that brought an official end to the Revolutionary War.
