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Stamp Act
This was attacks on the colonies and their paper goods. It was imposed by the king and queen to take their money and make the colonies poor. This event was symmetrical. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-act#:~:text=Parliament%20passed%20the%20Stamp%20Act%20on%20March%2022,,to%20pass%20any%20colonial%20legislation%20it%20saw%20fit. -
Boston Massacre
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-boston-massacre
After being harassed by colonist's, the British fired into a crowd of colonists, killing 2 injuring 5. This is asymmetrical because most troops don't fire into crowds of unarmed people. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party was a protest against the tea tax made by the King and Queen. The people taking part in the Tea Party were tired of the unlawful taxes. This was an asymmetrical act, throwing tea off a ship has never been done before or after this.
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Lexington and Concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord were symmetrical. It gave the colonist's hope to actually defeat the British, and having change happen. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Although the British won the battle, the colonist's showed more strength and power than the British, they also caused the British to retreat 3 times. This is symetrical -
Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine, the common sense pamphlet is an argument against the British advocating for independence. The signifigance of this showed how desperately the colonist's wanted freedom for England, and it changed many loyalists mind to become a patriot. This is asymmetrical because the loyalist's were never on the patriots side until now. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thomas-paine-publishes-common-sense -
Declaration of Independence
This is asymmetrical because this is the first time the U.S declared independence.Thomas Jefferson wrote this, and Congress excepted it and sent to Brittan, to prove independence and succession from them -
Battle of Trenton/Princeton
This is asymmetrical because this was the first time guerilla warfare was used. This was when George Washington crossed the Deleware river. -
The Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was a major turning point in the revolutionary war. The British had plans to split the colonies in half, destroying the possible connections, which would lead them to almost winning the war. The colonist's didn't let that happen, and won back lots of territory including Fort Saratoga. France now saw this as an opportunity to defeat the British, so the French joined the colonies side after this.This was symmetrical. https://www.saratoga.com/aboutsaratoga/battle-of-saratoga/ -
Valley Forge
This gets British out of capitol, by stopping the British troops from entering Philidelphea, its a camp in Deleware, the colonist's trained to be a better army. this was asymmetrical because this is the first time the colonist's had trained -
War of the south/Charleston
This is symmetrical. The British were taking over the south, planning to work their way up. They were very successful, and it was a major loss in troops for the colonies. -
Battle of Yorktown
This is asymmetrical because the British fully surrendered for the first time. America won. The colonists surrounded Yorktown with the help of the French, while disguising themselves to look like they were headed for Clintons army. They held the head of the British army, Corn Wallace for a month or 2, until he surrendered.
