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Sugar Act
Britin passed a law that placed a tax on sugar , molassis, and other goods. -
Stamp Act
Britan passed another law that placed a tax on a stamp you must have on all legal documents. -
Townshend Acts
This act enabled soldiers to come into your home and force you to give them food and shelter. -
Boston Massacre
Colonists started taunting british officers, throwing rocks and calling them lobster backs. The red coats fired into the croud killing 3 and wounding 5 colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists were sick of being taxed by the british so they dumped over 300 lbs of tes into the boston harbor -
Intolerable Acts
The british decided to punish the boston colonists for the boston tea party. They closed off their harbor untill they agreed to pay -
Lexington and Concord
The americans won this battle. -
Bunker hill
The winner in this battle was the brittish. -
Common sense
Thomas Paine wrote common sense to state the reasons that the colonists should be broken from the British and have independence. -
Declaration of independance
Written by Thomas Jefferson, it declared the colonists independence. -
Battle of Trenton
The Americans won this battle against the British. -
Fort Ticonderoga
The Americans won this battle against the British. It was the Americans first major victory.
