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Road to Revolution
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Sugar Act
Tax on sugar and molasses not obtained from Britian. -
Stamp Act
Made all official papers need a english stamp that was taxed. -
Townshed Acts
Tax on tea, lead, glass, and paint. -
Boston Massacre
Colonists harrassed British, and British lost temper and shot into crowd. Five Americans were killed. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists boarded ships and dumped tea into the sea. -
Intolerable Acts
Closed ports of Boston and town meetings. -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord were sites in Massachucets of the first battles of the American Revolution. -
Bunker Hill
First true battle of the American Revolution, in which the british won. -
Common Sense
Encouraged colonists to declare independence. -
Declaration of Independence
Listed rights and complaints of the colonists. Written by Thomas Jefferson. -
Battle of Trenton
The first battle that the colonists won. -
Battle of Ticonderoga
Battle between the British, Hessians, and Brunswickers against the American colonists.
