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Stamp Act
Law passed by the British Parliment saying that American colonies to bear a tax stamp on all publications and comercial documents -
Boston Massacre
A street fight between a patriot throwing things at the British soliders in Boston -
The Boston Tea Party
colonist dressed as mohawks and dumped tea into the Boston harbor to protest tax on tea -
Intolerable acts
Series of five laws passed by the British Parliment -
New England Restraining act
Required New England colonies to trade with England and it also bands fishing in the North Atlantic -
Shot heard around the world
The war for independence had began -
The Battle of Saratoga
First American victory of the Revolutonary war -
Battle of Yorktown
Ended the Revolutionary war. led by George Washington -
Articles of Confederation
The original constitution of the U.S -
House of Burgesses
gives freedom to slaves who served in the Continental Army
