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The Continental Army was formed after the Revolutionary War
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An act the put a 3 cent tax on coffe,mollasses,etc.
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- In May, at a town meeting in Boston, a man named James Otis mentioned taxation without representation
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First direct British tax on American colonists.A tax on all pieces of paper.
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laws placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.
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The actions of the colonist after the Townshend Act madet he British decide that they needed troops in Boston to help keep everything in order. The British soldiers arrived in Boston
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Shooting of five American colonists by British troops
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The ships arrived with tea in the Boston Harbor.These were the same ships that were attacked by colonists in the Boston Tea Party
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To protest the tea tax, colonists dressed up as indians and threw tea into the boston harbor
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After the French and Indian War the British Government decided to charge more taxes from the colonies. The colonies were pressed with greater taxes without any say in Britain.
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happened in concord,captain John Parker,the British had to retreat to Boston.Was first major war in American Revolution
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In breeds hill,leader Benedict Arnold.The patriots lost they still could prove they could beat the redcoats
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The delegates of the 13 colonies met up in Philadelphia to discuss their next steps.Some of the people were John Hancock from Massachusetts, Thomas Jefferson from Virginia, and Benjamin Franklin from Pennsylvania.
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The olive branch petition was a petition that was written to try to prevent a war with Great Britain.
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in new york led by john burgoyne it was the turning point
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in dorchester heights led by george washington and colonel henry knox.The outcome was howe retreated from Boston to Canada
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at trenton leaders:general charles cornwallis.American soldiers took more than 900 prisoners
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in yorktown virgina leader:comte de rochambeau george washington.Was last major battle of revolution
