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stamp act
tax on stamps, stamed paper for official documents, commercial writing, and vartious articles -
townshend act
tax agains paper, paint, lead, and tea -
boston massacre
british troops killed five people -
boston tea party
some people dumped tea in the harbor -
intolerable acts
American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 -
battle of bunker hill
the americans ran out of gunpowder -
olive branch petition
thay try to aviod war -
common sense is published
Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. -
second continental congress
delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that, soon after warfare, declared the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
declaratoin of independence
a letter to the king asking for independence -
trenton
battle of trenton was small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey -
battle at saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
battle of yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown or the German Battle, ending on October 19, 1781 -
treaty of paris
After the signing of the Treaty of Paris, John Adams informed Congress in a letter dated September 5, 1783