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Stamp Act
Colonists had to pay for an official stamp ot seal when they bought paper items. -
Quartering Act
Required the colonies to provide barracks and supplies to British troops. -
Boston Massacre
Redcoats went at the colonists and won. 5 men from the colonists died and several were badly injured. The first man to die out of the colonist was a black person. -
Tea Act
Allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists disguised themselves as Indians and sneaked onto the 3 tea filled ships and dumped over 340 tea chests into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Boston Harbor closed. Mass. charter was canelled. Toyal officials were accused of crime and was sent to trial in Britain. -
Battle of Lexington
First battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Concord
70 men were armed and ready to fight Lexington. Those people had a special name and that was the minutemen. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Actually launched from Breeds Hill. The patriots took on the Redcoats and lost. -
Battle of Trenton
This battle was a important Patriot victory because the Patriots beat the Redcoats. -
Battle of Saratoga
The turning point of the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Yorktown
The last major battle of the Revolutionary War.