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Restricted colonial trade to England. This decreased dependence on foreign imported goods -
France and the Native Americans are defeated by England and the colonists. -
Tax imposed on all official documents and papers. Colonists boycotted the stamp act and attacked tax collectors -
A group colonists attacked British soldiers with snowballs and rocks. The soldiers fired back and several colonists were killed. -
The act granted the company the right to ship tea directly to the colonies -
American colonists who were mad at Britain for taxation without representation poured 342 chests of tea in the Boston harbor -
Known as the Intolerable Acts was a string of four laws passed by British parliament to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party. -
12 colonial delegates meet to organize a resistance to parliament coercive acts. They discussed the boycott of British goods to establish the rights of Americans. -
These battles were the first of the American revolution. These battles persuaded many Americans to take up arms and support independence. -
This was a meeting by all 13 colonies. During this meeting the delegates of each colony discussed raising armies, war strategy, and writing petitions. -
The official act of all 13 colonies declaring independence from Britain -
Valley forge was a great trial for American army and of the 11,000 soldiers stationed there hundreds died from disease. The winter was so cold wet and snowy many died from hunger. Hundreds froze to death because their clothes had worn out on the March to the valley