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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act taxed all sugar and mollassis products. This caused many Americans to begin to protest. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act put a tax on all legal documents, dice, paper, cards, ect. This made the Americans very upset, and more rebellious. -
Townshend Acts
Charles Townshend financed them. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired into a crowd of mad colonists and killed 5 Americans. -
Boston Tea Party
Americans dressed up as indians adn threw 342 chests of British tea in to the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a group of acts put on America to control Americans. This group of acts upset the Americans very much. -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the Revolutionary War, and the Americans won victory. -
Bunker Hill
In the battle on Bunker Hill the Americans had an advantage. They were at the top of the hill, which meant that the British had to fight uphill. The downfall was the Americans did not have enough soldiers, so in the end the British won, but lost a lot of men. -
Common Sense
The Common Sense challenged British rule, and was written by Thomas Paine. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence listed all the reasons to separate from Britian. The decalration was signed by many imortant Americans. -
Battle of Trenton
In the battle of Trenton, the Americans snuck up on a Russian army, the Hessians, and attacked. Since the Russians were so suprised, the Americans won the battle. -
Ticonderoga
At Ticonderoga the British attacked and took over the American fort.