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This direct tax imposed on the British colonies in North America. The goal was to help finance for the British troops in teh colonies.
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An incident between the British soldiers and a cround of colonists in Boston. A group of British soldiers opened fire on a crowd killing five.
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Seventy men boarded three British ships and threw their tea into the sea. This was a protest against the Tea Act.
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These were laws that closed the Boston harbor for all shipping until the city would pay for the tea they distructed.
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A universal prohibition of trade with Great Britain. It prohibited import, consumption, and export of goods with England.
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The British governor of Mass. sent British troops to seize the colonists' military stores, but the Patriot colonists decided to prevent the British from carrying out their plan.
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The Second Continental Congress adopted the declaration and proclaimed that the 13 colonies were independent.
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The turningn point in the American Revolution. France openly supported the Americans against Britian.
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The Americans had the British cornered and they knew they didn't have the slightest chance of surviving. Lord Cornwallis accepted the terms of surrender.
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This treaty ended the American Revolution and established the boundaries of the United States.