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Sugar act aimed to end the smuggle trade in sugar. I think this is important because the people where getting more funds for the war. -
Proclamation of 1763 prohibeted people from settleing west of the appalacion mountains. This is important because I made some conflict with the french and Indians -
The stamp act taxed news papers and legal printed goods. I thin this was important because it helped the get money for war. -
A tax that was placed on the leads, grass, paint and tea. This was important because it help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies. -
British Guards open fire on americans and killed 5 of them. I think this was important because it lead to the Revolutionary war. -
Boston tea party was a protest on British taxes and boston colonist dumped valuable tea in the ocean. This was important because it ended local self-government and in MA and closed bostons commerce. -
The British governor of Virginia issues a proclamation offering freedom to any slaves who are able to enter British lines. This is important because more blacks fought for the Crown.
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Intolerable acts was a series of laws passed in 1774 to punish boston for the tea party. This was important because it led to the outbreak of the american revolution war. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the revolutionary war. This was important because it marked the start of the American War of Independence.
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Inexperienced colonial soldiers hold off hardened British veterans for more than two hours.This was important because the American patriots were defeated
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Was an offer of peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George lll. It was important because it was a way of saying no to war.
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Washington's surprise attack on Trenton and Princeton when they desperately needed a victory. This was important so that his army could attack an isolated garrison of Hessian troops located at trenton New Jersey.
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Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries, it declared the United States as a free state. This was important because it summurized the colonist motivations for seeking independence.
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Turning point of the American Revolution. This was important because the American defeat of the superior British army lifted patriot morale.
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France allies itself with the new American government. This was important because French provided supplies, arms, ammunition, uniforms, and, troops.
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The British take Charleston, S.C., capture a large patriot army, and deal the rebels one of their worst defeats of the war. This was important because they shifted their strategy to focus on the southern theater.
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Continental soldiers and patriot militia defeat a British force at Cowpens. This was important because it was a critical American victory in the Revolutionary War. -
American victory in Virginia that forced the British to surrender. This was important because led directly to the peace negotiations that ended the war.
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Treaty Between England and the Colonies ended the American Revolutionary War. This was important so both England and the colonies could have peace.
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A convention of states in Philadelphia proposes the Constitution to replace the central government operating under the Articles of Confederation. This was important because the need for a stronger Federal government.