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British Law that eliminated the smuggling trade in the colonies on goods such as molasses and sugar in an attempt at to increase revenues from the French and Indian War.
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An act that allowed for direct taxation on the colonists on items such as newspapers, legal papers, dice, cards, and almanacs.
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An act by the British that forced colonist to house, feed, and provide a place of occupancy for a British soldier.
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Repealed the Stamp Act. Reasserted British authority to tax the American colonies.
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Laws that taxed goods imported into the colonies.
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An altercation between a patriot mob and British soldiers. Five colonist was killed by British.
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This act was undercut colonial merchants and made the colonists only by tea from the East India Company.
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Event where colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor in protests of the Tea Act and the East India Company.
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Delegates from 12 of 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to form a response from the Intolerable Acts that was passed by British Parliament.
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Meeting of representatives from each colony to form a provisional government and to create an army to confront the British. They also created the Olive Branch Petition.
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Shot heard around the world. American Victory. First battle of the Revolutionary War.
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British Victory. Confidence booster for the colonist even they lost the battle because they were able to inflict heavy losses against the British.
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A document with unanimous consent from all thirteen colonies. Document declaring independence for Great Britain. Detailed reasons why the colonists wanted to severed ties from England. Written by Thomas Jefferson.
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George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River. American victory against Hessian forces. Improved the morale of his army.
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American victory. Boosted morale of the colonial army.
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Turning point of the Revolutionary War. American Victory. With this victory, France saw that the colonists can hold their own against the British. America and France became allies because of this victory.
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Articles of Confederation adopted.
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Last Major battle of the Revolution. Located in Yorktown, Virginia. Trapped General Corwallis by America forces on land and the French by sea. General Cornwallis surrender his army to General George Washington.
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The United States and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris
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The United States Constitution was signed by the Founding Fathers of this Nation.