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the navigation Acts is a law that made the colonist sell there raw materials back to England
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The Molasses Act was a British law passed in 1733 that taxed molasses,rum,and sugar imported into the North American colonies from non-British countries.
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George Washington and an army of normal people built a fort necessary to fight French forts
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The French and Indian war was basically a War that made the British go bankrupt. Because the British bought a lot of equipment to beat both of them but beat the French worse because they didn't like them more then the Indians. This all took place in 1756 and ended 1763
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Permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first This was to the house of British troops
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The sugar Act was a tax that was enforced on things such as sugar, molasses, and other British goods
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A stamp Act was a tax you had to play on all imported goods so If you wanted it to go somewhere you had to pay a tax on it.
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Due to Revere and Dawes' warning 70 minutemen were waiting for 700 redcoats realizing that they were badly outnumbered, the minutemen were about to break. and the shop caught on fire.
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Declaratory Acts are parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for British colonies in all cases
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The stamp Act was an INTERNAL TAX(tax inside in the country)
The Townshend Acts was an exTernal tax on imported goods A tax on imported goods Glass Lead Paper Tea Paint. -
The Boston massacre is when the red coats killed innesnt people inside a building
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British officials charged with capital offences. They had to be tried in another colony of England.
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In a warm September of 1774 55 delegates gathered together to create a political body these delegates named this political body the Continental CongressThey met in Phillidelphia with delegates from each of the 13 colonies except Georgia
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The military governor General Thomas Gage of boston had ordered from the parliament to seize weapons and arrest leaders of the Massachusetts militia.
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Dr Warren alerted Paul Revere and William Dawes, who were member of the Sons Of Liberty. Revere and Dawes rode to Lexington, a town east of Concord spreading the new that the British are coming.
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The Second Continental Congress convened in 1775 played a role in the American Revolution They got the colonial war and moved towards independence adopting the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 Additionally they had the Continental Army and appointed George Washington as its commander in chief.
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Fort Ticonderoga was a critical battlefield during the French and Indian War.
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The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress in July 1775 as a attempt to avoid a full blown war between the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain It was a in which the colonists pledged their loyalty to the crown and asserted their rights as British citizens However King George III rejected the petition which further escalated tensions and led to the American Revolutionary War
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In December 177 Benedict Arnold led an American expedition to capture Quebec in the American Revolutionary War a march through the wilderness the attack on Quebec City failed
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In March 1776 George Washington took Boston after a siege By fortifying Dorchester Heights with cannons captured from Fort Ticonderoga he forced the British to evacuate the city.
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In 1776 King George III hired Hessian soldiers from Germany to help fight against the American revolutionaries.
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The battle of Bunker hill June 16th 1775 Colonists joined militias soon the militia around Boston grew to 2000 men
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The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776 This document was the Thirteen Colonies independence from British rule and outlined the principles of individual liberty and government by consent.
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