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A part of the Seven Years War, it was a large amount of fighting between France and Britain.
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Passed by Parliament to raise taxes in the colonies and taxed sugar imports from West Indies.
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Forced the colonists to pay for British soldiers to live in their homes, feed them, and provide for their needs.
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A group of protesters began rioting and throwing things at British guards and the confused guards began firing, leaving five dead.
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Gave the East India Company the rights to sell tea without the tax for import, which cut out business for colonial merchants.
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British colonists threw hundreds of boxes of tea into the harbor to protest the Tea Act
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Was created to punish the American colonists who took part in the Boston Tea Party.
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A speech given at the Virginia Conference that was made to convince delegates to get away from Britain.
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Colonial Minute Men refused to disperse once the British reached Lexington and shots were fired, killing 8 Americans. When the British moved onto Concord, the Americans were ready and slaughtered almost 70 British
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"Green Mountain Boys" that were led by Colonel Benedict Arnold overcame British troops stationed at Fort Ticonderoga and stole their supplies from the fort.
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At Bunker Hill in Massachusetts, the British defeat the Americans early on in the Revolutionary War.
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Washington was commissioned as Commander in Chief after fighting as a commander of Virginia's frontier force,
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A pamphlet written to persuade and encourage average people to fight for Independence from Britain.
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Written by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration is a statement that declared freedom from Britain. This is important because it showed that the colonies were independent from Britain.
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Fought in New York, the British surrendered and gave the Americans a large victory in the Revolutionary War.
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The French aided the Colonists in their fight for Independence after losing the French and Indian War.
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The final battle of the Revolutionary War fought near the town of Yorktown, British general Cornwallis surrendered to Washington
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Cornwallis surrenders to the colonists when he realizes he is outnumbered. This is important because it shows how the colonists won the war.
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This treaty was signed and allowed the colonists to break away from Britain, thus earning them their own Independence. This is important because the colonists are finally free.
