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The Revolutionary War

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    An act of the British Parliament that taxed the colonies of British America. The colonists reacted with a riot.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    when british troops shot at a crowd killing colonial because they threw snow balls at them.
  • Tea Tax or Tea Act

    Tea Tax or Tea Act

    The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and help the struggling company thrive.
  • Lexington/Concord

    Lexington/Concord

    The battles were fought in Middlesex country, province of massachusetts bay, within the towns of lexington and concord, and near boston. The americans successfully drove back the British to boston.
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    Revolutionary War

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  • Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill

    The British defeated the americans at the battle of bunker hill in massachusetts. Despite the inexperenced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy.
  • Common sense

    Common sense

    Advocating independence from Great Britain to the people in the thirteen colonies.
  • Declaration of Indipendence

    Declaration of Indipendence

    Its when the 13 colonies severed there political connection with Great Britain. And declaring themselves an independent country.
  • The continental army withering at valley forge

    The continental army withering at valley forge

    they were surviving with basically nothing
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    the British lost when the americans surrounded them and attacked from all angles
  • Battle of YorkTown

    Battle of YorkTown

    George Washington commanded a force of 17,000 troops against 9,000 british troops at yorktown and is considered to be the most historic battle in the revolutionary war.