American Revolution
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- The Boston Massacre
- How dare you kill 5 innocent men?!
- We can do what we want!
- The Boston Massacre happened on March 5, 1770. This was when British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing 5 men.
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- The Boston Tea Party
- We must hurry and throw all the tea into the ocean!
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- The Boston Tea Party happened in 1773. The colonists dressed as natives and dumped over 340 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor as protest to the Tea Act.
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- The Coercive Acts
- The Coercive Acts1. Boston Harbor was closed the colonists paid for the ruined tea.2. Massachutsess's charter was cancelled. The governor decided if and when the legislature could meet. 3. Royal officials accused of crimes were sent to Britain for trial. This let them face a more friendly judge and jury. 4. A new Quartering Act required colonists to house British soldiers. 5. The Quebec Act gave a large amount of land to the colony of Quebec.6. General Thomas Gage became the new governor of Massachusetts.
- In 1774, The Parliament passed the Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, in order to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. Some of these acts include closing the Boston Harbor and requiring colonists house British soldiers.
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- The Declaration of Independence
- We must separate from Britain!
- The Declaration of Independence was mainly written by Thomas Jefferson, This document formally announced the colonies’ break from Great Britain.
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- The Battle of Bunker Hill
- We won!
- Yes, you did! But we also proved that we can take you on!
- The Battle of Bunker Hill was actually launched from Breed's Hill. Although the patriots lost, they proved they can take on the British redcoats.
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- The Battle at Lexington and Concord
- Concord
- Get ready to set fire!
- Yes, sir!
- The British redcoats set fire to the town of Concord, and the "shot heard around the world" was fired. This was the start of the American Revolution.
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- Yes, we must!
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