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A law that prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains, onto Indian land.
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This act lowered the tax on imported molasses, but also allowed soldiers to take smuggled goods without going to court.
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An act which repealed the Sugar Act. It also, however, passed the Declaratory Act, which allowed Britain to tax the colonies and make all of the decisions for them.
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The colonists teased the British soldiers so much that they eventually fired. Five men were killed, and Crispus Attucks was the first.
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At midnight on this day, colonists dressed as Native Americans and threw 342 chests of tea overboard in an act of civil disobedience.
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The first continental congress was a gathering of delegates from almost all of the colonies designed to allow the colonists to discuss topics that were of importance.
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Washington had soldiers trained and weapons brought in; he arranged them overnight. The next morning, he led them all into the city and the British left.
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Paul Revere and William Dawes rode around the colonies, alerting everybody of the arrival of the British army.
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The British army approaches Lexington, where they encounter 70 minutemen. They defeat them and move on to Concord, where there are more minutemen; they have to retreat.
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Fort Ticonderoga is captured by the Green Mountain Boys, led by Ethan Allen. He is assisted by Benedict Arnold and his men.
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This was the second time that all the colonies got together to come up with a plan. They had to decide whether or not to break free from Britain.
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The British were low on ammo, but they still won. However, they learned that fighting the Americans would not be easy.
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Thomas Paine published his pamphlet called Common Sense, in which he boldly called for independence.
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At the Second Continental Congress, the delegates had to vote for whether or not they wanted to declare independence. 12 delegates voted for independence, and New York later declared its support for the idea.
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