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Revolutionary War
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The Sugar Act
Sugar Act InfoThe Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, called the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others. -
The Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party SiteThe Boston Tea Party (referred to in its time simply as "the destruction of the tea" or by other informal names and so named until half a century later,) was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, a city in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. -
Patrick Henry's Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death speech
Patrick Henry's famous speech about demanding that the British repeal the acts and that theywould be willing to go to war for this liberty -
George Washington assumes command of the Continental Army
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The British evacuate Boston; British Navy moves to Halifax, Canada
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The Declaration of Independance was read publically
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British capture Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania
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The redcoats occupy Savannah
