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Ben Franklin's plan calling for colonies to unite during French and Indian War
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British law that said colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
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A tax on items like molasses, sugar and wine
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Tax on goods like wills, marriage licenses, newspapers, playing cards. Colonists paid the tax and a stamp was put on the item.
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response by NC colonists to high taxes
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British soldiers fired into a crowd of Boston colonists; killed Crispus Attucks
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fight between Regulators and Gov. Tryon (Regulators lost)
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Dressed as Native americans, Boston colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor
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demanded repeal of Intolerable Acts; called for a trained militia; boycott British goods
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Response by Great Britain to the Boston Tea Party; closed the port of Boston
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Battles of Lexington and Concord; considered the start of the American Revolution
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chose George Washington as commander in chief; petitioned King for peace
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Patriots at the top of the hill; loss by British proved Patriots would not be easy to defeat
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Patriots removed planks from the bridge to defeat the Tories in NC
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written by Thomas Jefferson; declared American independence from Great Britain
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Considered the turning point in the Revolution
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Cornwallis surrenders; end of the Revolution
