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Sugar Act
It cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon. Which stopped the from purchasing more. -
Proclamation of 1763
This is important because it stopped the Americans from settling on French land. Which stopped them from crossing the mountains. -
The Stamp Act
The Britain taxed all paper goods in the colonies. This event is important because it sparked the idea of "no taxation without representation" in the colonies. -
Townshend Act
It was important because it initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. The colonies respond by not purchasing British imports. -
The Boston Massacre
It was caused by a riot in front of the court house by the colonists and the redcoats shot them. This is important because it was used as propaganda to make people hate the british. -
The Boston Tea Party
The colonist dumped thousands of crates of tea into the sea. To boycott drinking tea because they didn't wanna pay taxes to the British. -
Intolerable Acts
This is important because it was a series of laws passed by the British to punish the colony for dumping the tea into the sea. They tried stopping the colonies. -
First Continental Congress
This is important because it was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. Which helped the make the United States -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
It started the war of the American War of Independence. It persuaded many Americans to take up arms and support the cause of independence. -
Siege of Boston
It is important because the militia attacked the British successfully. Which helped the militia get farther on. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This is important because it was the first stage of the American Revolution. Although the British Won -
Crossing the Delaware
It was important because George surprised attacked the British on Christmas. Which won them the fight. -
Battle of Saratoga
This is important because it stopped the British from moving forward. Which was a American Victory. -
Winter at the Valley Forge
It is important because there was low shortages on everything and everyone was getting sick. This caused the army to lose a lot of men to sickness. -
Battle of Yorktown
The French surrounded the British in Yorktown. The British surrender and lost the Revolution. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
It is important because it ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States. Which helped build borders. -
Battle of Long Island
British troops attacked American forces stationed on the western end of Long Island, in present-day Brooklyn. Which affected the American forces in a bad way.