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Stamp Act
*A tax that was charged on any stamped piece of paper. *The products that suffered this tax were things such as legal documents, magazines, playing cards, news papers, and almost anytype of paper. -
Townshed Act
Was meant to raise funds to pay governors and judges. -
Boston Massacre
*It was an accident that happened when a bunch drunk guys were harassing soldiers.
*5 people killed and 6 injuries -
Intolerable Acts
A relentless amount of acts pushed on settlers after the Boston Tea Party -
Boston Tea Party
*It was a protest by the Son's of Liberty in Boston. Demonstrators wore indian disguises put a whole shipment of tea in the Boston Harbor.
*The port was closed after the event -
Second Continental Congress
An organization that managed colonial war effort -
Olive Branch Petition
*A last attempt to avoid war against Great Britain -
Battle of Bunker Hill
*It was named afterthe adjacent Bunker Hill
*They fought based on intelligence that the British were sending 1,200 troops -
Common Sense is published
*It was written by Thomas Paine
*Written clear simple language explained why the people need independence -
The Decleration of Independence
*A document that declared war on Great Britain and declared that we were acting as our own country -
Battle of Trenton
*Took place the day after Christmas
*They crossed the Delaware River in freezing weather -
Battle of Saratoga
*This battle was turning point for the Revolutionary Warfor the Patriots.
*The battle was won because of fortifications in the flood plain and canon heights. -
Battle of Yorktown
*Washington lead the Patriots to take Yorktown -
Treaty of Paris
*Ended the Revolutionary War and a legal document stateing that the 13 colonies were now their own state