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The Boston Massacre
The boston massacre happened when british soldiers opened fire on a mob that included 5 men ,as the colonist were being resiststant. -
Boston Tea Party
A group led by Samuel Adam dressed as indian boarded the british ships and threw tea into the Boston Harbor as response to the high taxes on the colonists .Taxation wothout representation. -
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american revolution
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Battle of Lexington and concord
Marked the outbresk of open armed conflict between Great British and 13 colonies .Because there was word that lietenant colonel Francis Smith ,hasd givrn secret orders to capture and destroy military supplies held by the Massachusettts militia . -
Battle of Bunker Hill
it was where the british defeated the Americans at Bunker Hill ,Massachusetts .Even thought the colonists loss ,they experienced a significant colonial force of important boost of confidence. -
Thomas Paine "Common Sense"
It was pamphlet that told the american colonists to fight for their indenpendence against British. -
Treaty of Paris
A treaty signed by the Great Britain that they recognize the 13 colonies as free nation that can govern themselves with their own rules .France helped out the colonist in the year of 1778 ,which forced the British surrrender at Yorktown,Virginia ,in1779.
