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The Sugar Act taxed sugar and molasses.
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The Stamp Act taxed all paper goods including documents, letters, and certificates.
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The Townshend Acts taxed tea, lead, glass, and paint colors and was started by Charles Townshend.
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The Boston Massacare was a conflict with British soilders and colonists. This conflict resulted in five colonists getting shot and killed by the soilders.This "massacare" was highly publicized by the colonists as a slaugter of innocent people.
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The Boston Tea Party was when the Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor.
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The Intolerable Acts were a punishment for the Boston Tea Party. These acts included making town meetings illegal.
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Fort Tichonderoga was captured from the British by Benedict Arnold.
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The battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle in the Revolutionary War. The British won the battle but were very suprised at how strong the American Army was.
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The British won the battle of Bunker Hill that took place in Charelston, Massachusetts.
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Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that said the colonies should split from Britan.
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The Declaration of Independence had 56 signers of those 56, 4 wrote and edited the document.
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The Battle of Trenton was won on Christmas night and lead by George Washington.
