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The Boston Massacre started as a protest against British government by colonists.Colonists threw snowballs at soldiers. Soldiers killed 5 colonists.
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The 'Sons of Liberty" disguised as Mohawks and boarded the ships, and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. They did this because the colonists didn't like taxes rising.
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This was the first Battle in the Revolutionary War.The battle led to the birth of the new nation.Only militiamen were fighting instead of soldiers.
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At Cambridge Massachusetts,George Washington takes command of the Continental Army which now has about 17,000 men.
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Declared independence from Britain-not legally binding today. Written by Thomas Jefferson.
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Won by the British. No ones knows how many Americans died, none were counted.
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France began to send supplies and troops to America. Spain, Germany, and Poland began to send officers to help.
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The British captured key seaport cities in the South, like Charleston & Savannah to resupply their troops.
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Americans won at the Battle of King's Mountain. After they set up troops for the upcoming battle at Yorktown.
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The Americans and the British signed the Treaty of Paris. This ended the Revolutionary War.
