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Sugar Act
Taxes on all sugars and molasses imported by colonists. -
Stamp Act
Requires colonists to buy a special stamp any time they bought a paper product. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dressed as natives and snuck on Bristish ships. Then they threw chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere and two other men rode on horses to tell colonists about the coming of redcoats. -
Lexington and Concord
"Shot heard round the world" took place here. It was the first skirmish of the war. Nobody knows who shot first. -
Bunker Hill
Colonists had little supplies. Eventually ran out of supplies and lost the battle. -
Canada
Tried to make Canada the 14th colony. Colonists lost terribly. -
Common Sense
A 47 page pamphlet by Thomas Pain. It was about why the colonies should break away from England. -
Long Island
British surrounded the colonists on Long Island. British won. -
Declaration of Independence
The official document stating the colonies breaking away from England. -
The Battle of Trenton
Washington caught the Hessians by surprise on Christmas. It was the colonists first win. -
Saratoga
Biggest win for the colonies. This battle convinced Spain and France to join colonists.
