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stamp act
an act of the British parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonists by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Boston massacre
the Boston massacre is about the British attacking the Americans in Boston the British had weapons but the Americans didn't have weapons so the Americans were helpless -
Boston tea party
is a raid on three British ships in Boston harbor (December 16,1773) in which Boston colonists,disguised as Indians,threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea and against the monopoly granted the east India country. -
Bunker (breeds) hill
is the first great battle of the Revolutionary war -
Lexington/concord
is the first battle fought in the Revolutionary war,fought in Massachusetts on April 19,1775. -
common sense
is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775 to 1776 advocating independence from great Britain to people in the thirteen colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
is the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from great Britain. -
battle at Trenton/Princeton
were two related engagements of the American Revolutionary war. -
battle of Saratoga
a major battle of the Revolutionary war, fought in 1777 in northern new York sate -
continental army wintering at valley forge
is where the american continental army spent the winter of 1777 to 1778 during the American Revolutionary war -
war in the South/Charleston
the siege of Charleston was a major engagement fought between march 29 to may 12,1780 during the American Revolutionary war. -
Battle of Yorktown
is the last battle of the Revolutionary war, fought in 1781 near the seacoast of Virginia.
