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Revolution
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Sugar Act
Pariliment passed the sugar act. This law taxed sugar,molassis and other goods brought to the colonies. It called for stricked enforcement and punishment to the smugglers. -
Stamp Act
Direct tax imposed by British Parliament required stamp on paper goods to show they payed the tax. -
Townshend Acts
Parliament passed these acts it suspended New yorks assembley til they housed troops. -
Boston Massacre
Group of people insulted the British Army and then they began firering and 5 Americans were killed. -
Boston Tea Party
Group of men disguised as native americans and boarded British ships and dumped 340 boxes of tea. -
Intolerable Acts
Passed series of aws that punished massachusets and warned other colonies. -
Bunker Hill
British wanted to settle here but colonies got it first -
Lexington and Concord
Battles marked outbreak of opened armed conflict between Great Brittain and the 12 Colonies -
Common Sense
14 presented colonists with an argument for freedom from British rule. -
Declaration of Independence
Document adapted by continental congress, said 13 colonies were independent states and not under British rule. -
Battle of Trenton
Washington won this battle. -
Ticonderoga
American with from\leaving it in British control.
