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This was a tax on the Colonies and their paper goods. It was imposed by the King and Queen to take their money and make the colonies poor. This event is symmetrical because the King and queen make a lot of taxes. https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/learn/deep-dives/stamp-act/#:~:text=On%20March%2022nd%201765%20Parliament,paper%20products%20like%20playing%20cards.
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The Boston Massacre was British troops being harassed by a crowd of colonists and the British soldiers shot into the crowd of rioters. This event was asymmetrical because the British fired on their own in the colonies making colonists very scared.
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The Boston Tea Party was a group of people called the Sons of Liberty dumping tea into the harbor to show the King and Queen that their taxes were unfair. This event was asymmetrical because it was the first time the colonists disobeyed the king and queen about their taxes.
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The Battle of Lexington was the first shot taken and the shot heard around the world, the British were going to take the colonists weapons. The minute men slowed down the British in Lexington and when they reached Concord the colonies attacked and the British retreated.
This Event was asymmetrical because it was the shot heard round world and the first battle and win against the British of the colonists. https://www.britannica.com/event/Battles-of-Lexington-and-Concord -
The battle of bunker hill was between the Colonies and the British. The colonists defending the hill off for a while until they had to retreat due to low ammunition. The British won the battle but felt like they lost. This event was symmetrical because it was a normal battle. https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Bunker-Hill
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Thomas Paine's Common Sense was a pamphlet that persuaded a lot of colonists on the idea of Independence from the British and he also pushed the idea of a democratic government. He wrote the pamphlet to go out to common and rich folk, it was an easy to read persuasive pamphlet. This event was asymmetrical because he convinced a lot of colonists to fight for independence. https://www.ushistory.org/us/10f.asp
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The Declaration of Independence is an official document declaring independence from Britain and the King + Queen.
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Washington crossed the Delaware to fight the Hessians. George Washington used Gorilla warfare for the first time and took Princeton after a week.
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The battle of Saratoga was a very important battle won by the colonists. The colonists won and by winning this battle it convinced the French to support America and it was a very big turning point in the war.
This event was symmetrical because it was just a normal battle but very important. -
Valley Forge was when Baron Van Steuben organized and trained the continentals. They got proper training and were ready to fight with the French.
This event was asymmetrical because it was the first time the troops got proper training and new how to organize an army. -
The British took the battle to the south and after being defeated in the south George Washington sent troops down south and they went on a wild goose chase fighting and winning.
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The battle of Yorktown was the last major battle in the war and basically ended the revolutionary war. They surrounded Yorktown and the British troops and took Yorktown. This event is asymmetrical because it ended the war.
