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the stamp act
new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
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boston massacre
the british soldiers killed a olonist. the colonists revolted -
boston tea party
The boston tea party is where the british soldiers revolted and dumped all the tea into the ocean. and this started the revolution -
salutary neglect
an unofficial and long-lasting 17th- & 18th-century British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, meant to keep the American colonies obedient to England. -
battle at lexington and concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Surrender at Yorktown
victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army -
winter at vally forge
military camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777–1778 during the American Revolutionary War. It is approximately 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Starvation, disease, and exposure killed nearly 2,500 American soldiers by the end of February 1778. -
treaty of paris
ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America on the other.