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a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. -
A deadly riot -
A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay -
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!" -
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Protesting both a tax on tea and the perceived monopoly of the East India Company -
Independence from England -
Called by the Committees of Correspondence in response to the Intolerable Acts. -
Paul Revere rode from Charlestown to Lexington to warn that the British were marching from Boston to seize the colonial armory at Concord. -
Breed’s Hill in Charlestown was the primary locus of combat in the misleadingly named Battle of Bunker Hill -
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America -
Having penetrated the British lines on Long Island to obtain information, American Capt. Nathan Hale was captured by the British. He was hanged without trial the next day. -
Raise money for Britain -
Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight winter encampments for the Continental Army's main body -
The United States and France signed the Treaty of Alliance, creating a military alliance against Great Britain. -
The U.S. battleship the Bonhomme Richard was getting the worst of its battle with the British vessel -
Revolutionary War hero Benedict Arnold turned his back on his country in a secret meeting with a top British official -
the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle -
A plan of government organization that served as a bridge between the initial government by the Continental Congress and the federal government -
This treaty ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.