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Sugar Act
Birtish tax on sugar and molasses. Contributed to the rebellion. -
The Stamp Act
Tax on all of the documents bought or sold in the colonies. -
Townshend Acts
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied to the colonists -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Riot was when British Troops killed 5 civilian colonists. -
Intolerable Acts
Britans way of getting back at the colonists for destroying the tea in the tea act. -
Boston Tea Party
When rebelious colonists took over a British ship and dumped all the tea into a harbor. -
Lexington and Condcord
This was the first war engagement of the revalotinary war -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This was a battle for Bunker Hill the British overan the colonists but lost 1054 men. -
Braddock's Defeat
A british campain to take Fort Duquesne ended in Genral Braddock being shot and dying. -
Common Sense
Pamplet written by Thomas Paine about arguments against Britain which beacame the most sold book in America. -
Declaration of Independence
Document written by Thomas Jefferson that said that the thirteen colonies were going into war against Britain. -
Battle of Trenton
Short battle in Trenton, New Jersey where the colonists captured or killey most of the Hessian soldiers. -
Ticonderoga
The battle of ticonderoga was when about 8000 British troops and about 4000 colonists fought for that base and the colonists won
