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Stamp Act
Imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Townshend Act
A series of acts passed. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight due to a snowball fight gone wrong. -
Boston Tea Party
initially referred to as "the Destruction of the Tea in Boston" -
Intolerable Acts
They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. -
Second Continential Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. -
Olive Branch Petition
final attempt to avoid a full-on war between the Thirteen Colonies, that the Congress represented, and Great Britain. -
Common Sense
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine ithat inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections -
Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War -
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Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax. -
Yorktown
Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown -
Treaty of Paris
The negotiated between the United States and Great Britain
