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| TAXES ON PAPER,PAINTS,LEAD,GLASS,AND TEA. |
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| STARTED WHEN A COUPLE OF BOYS THREW SNOWBALLS AT THE BRITISH OFFICIALS. WHEN THE BRITISH TURNED ON THE BOYS COLONISTS CAME TO THEIR RESCUE AND SOON SHOTS WERE BEING FIRED LEAVING 5 BOSTONIANS INJURED OR DEAD. |
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| COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE |
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| 21 MEN THAT KEPT TOWNS INFORMED OF PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGLISH AND TELL THEM OF AMERICA'S POSITION |
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| PATRIOTS DRESSED UP AS INDIANS AND THREW BRITISH TEA INTO THE OCEAN |
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| ACTS THAT THE KING PAST TO RESTRICT THE COLINIST. THE COLONISTS DESPISED THESE ACTS. |
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| SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS |
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| THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MET UP AGAIN A YEAR LATER TO DISCUSS THE POSSABILITY OF WAR ON ENGLAND |
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| LAST PETITION THAT ASKED THE KING ONE LAST TIME FOR PEACE, THE KING DIDNT EVEN LOOK AT IT |
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| DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE |
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| PAPER SIGNED DECLARING WAR ON ENGLAND FOR AMERICA'S FREEDOM |
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| ACT THAT SAID COLONISTS WOULD GET NO MORE HELP OR PROTECTION FROM THE KING IN WARS OR TROUBLING TIMES |
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| PEOPLE WHO REMAINED LOYAL TO THE KING |
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| PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS FROM NORTHERN GERMANY |
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| SPOKE A MOVING SPEACH ON MARCH 28 1775 AT FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS |
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| PATRIOT LEADER THAT WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT IN THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS |
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| PATRIOT LEADER THAT WAS KNOWN FOR HIS LOVE OF BEER, WAS CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH |
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| 1 OF THE 3 MEN THAT WARNED THE MINUTEMEN OF THE BRITISH |
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| LEADER OF THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS,KNOWN FOR TAKING OVER FORT TICONDEROGA |
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| PRESIDENT OF ARMY,COMMANDER AND CHIEF |
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| CAPTURES 5000 BRITISH MEN AT SARGATOGA |
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| ENGLISHMEN THAT PUBLISHED "COMMON SENCE", A PAMPHLET THAT SPOKE OUT AGAINST BRITISH TREATMENT OF AMERICA |
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| PRESENTED A MOMENTOUS RESOLUTION TO THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS |
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| LED THE GROUP THAT SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDANCE |
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| YOUNGE FRENCHMEN THAT BECAME A CLOSE INVALUABLE AID TO WASHINGTON |
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| PRUSSIAN THAT HELPED WASHINGTON DRILL HIS TROOPS INTO AN ARMY |
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| POLISH JEW THAT WAS AN AMERICAN SPY AND FINANCED THE WAR. AS A REWARED FOR HIS HELP,THEY PUT A JEWISH STAR ON THE ONE DOLLAR BILL |
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| SCHOOL TEACHER FAMOUSE FOR SAYING "I ONLY REGRET THAT I HAVE ONE LIFE TO LOSE FOR MY COUNTRY." |
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| BRITISH GENERAL DEFEATED BY WASHINGTON ON JAN.3 |
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| WASHINGTON OF THE WEST, SEIZED KASKASKIA,CAHOKIA,AND VINCENNES |
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| BEST KNOWN NAVAL HERO IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDANTS, HE OWNED A BOAT NAMED BONHOME RICHARD |
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| WELL KNOWN TRAITOR OF AMERICA |
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| WAS THE WAR THAT TURNED THINGS AROUND FOR AMERICA BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN FRANCE JOINED IN WITH AMERICA |
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| BATTLE THAT INSURED THAT AMERICA HAD WON THE WAR |
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| THE LOWEST POINT IN THE ENTIRE WAR |
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| TREATY THAT THE KING SIGNED THAT OFFICIALY ENDED THE WAR. |
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| FIRST SHOTS OF WAR ARE FIRED HERE |
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| BRITISH GOT MAD AT THE SETTLERS, DECIDED TO TEACH THEM A LESSON AND CHARGED UP THE HILLBTO KILL THEM. COLONISTS FOUGHT BACK AND THOUGH THEY LOST, THEY KILLED MUCH MORE BRITISH AND SHOWED THEY WERE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS WAR. |
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| ACT THAT SAID COLONISTS WOULD HAVE TO BUY AN OFFICIAL,BRITISH STAMP FOR ANY LEAGAL DOCUMENT WHAT SO EVER. |
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| CANCELLED ALL LAND RIGHTS GIVEN TO AMERICA BY PAST AUTHORITIES |
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| NINE COLONY REPRASENTATIVES THAT DEFENDED NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRASENTATION,TO RESTOR THEIR ROYAL CHARACTERS, AND TO RESTORE THE PREVIOUS LAND THEY HAD OWNED AND WERE LIVING ON. |
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| ACT SAYING THAT THE KING WAS OVER THEM AND COULD PASS ANY LAW THAT HE WANTED TO WHEN HE WANTED TO FOR THE COLONIES |
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