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*A tax that was charged on any stamped piece of paper. *The products that suffered this tax were things such as legal documents, magazines, playing cards, news papers, and almost anytype of paper.
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Was meant to raise funds to pay governors and judges.
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*It was an accident that happened when a bunch drunk guys were harassing soldiers.
*5 people killed and 6 injuries -
A relentless amount of acts pushed on settlers after the Boston Tea Party
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*It was a protest by the Son's of Liberty in Boston. Demonstrators wore indian disguises put a whole shipment of tea in the Boston Harbor.
*The port was closed after the event -
An organization that managed colonial war effort
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*A last attempt to avoid war against Great Britain
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*It was named afterthe adjacent Bunker Hill
*They fought based on intelligence that the British were sending 1,200 troops -
*It was written by Thomas Paine
*Written clear simple language explained why the people need independence -
*A document that declared war on Great Britain and declared that we were acting as our own country
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*Took place the day after Christmas
*They crossed the Delaware River in freezing weather -
*This battle was turning point for the Revolutionary Warfor the Patriots.
*The battle was won because of fortifications in the flood plain and canon heights. -
*Washington lead the Patriots to take Yorktown
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*Ended the Revolutionary War and a legal document stateing that the 13 colonies were now their own state