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Took place in Boston in front of the state house. many colonist surrounded around a few British soldiers and started to throw sticks, rocks, and snowballs at the soldiers. So in the confusion the soldier fire on the colonist.

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famously, Paul Revere draws a propaganda of soldiers shooting at the British.

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THE WAR WAS ABOUT WHO GOT THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AKA ORV. THE BRITISH WANTED LAND TO FARM, THE FRENCH WANTED LAND TO HUNT,THE INDIANS JUST WANTED TO KEEP THEIR LAND. THE BRITISH WON AND THE COLONIST GOT THE LAND BUT THE INDIANS SAID "WE WANT OUR LAND BACK". THE BRITISH WON AND THE COLONIST GOT THE LAND BUT THE INDIANS SAID "WE WANT OUR LAND BACK". THEN THE COLONISTS WERE VERY MAD. THEN THE FRENCH AND BRITISH THEN SIGNED A TREATY TO STOP THE WAR

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The British had to pay a lot of money after the war. They decided to tax all the good needs that the colonists needed. The colonist formed a group called the sons of liberty. Finally the British took all the taxes off but tea because at the time everybody drank tea.

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Sugar act- taxing coffee, sugar, and cloth

Stamp act- taxing any document

Townshend act- taxing tea, paint, glass, lead and coffee.

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The Americans responded by boycotting the bBritish goods. SO the British would repeal the taxes, but later they would add more.

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The fact that none of the colonists could sit in parliament and vote on these taxes

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The British kept the tax on tea. So the sons of liberty dressed up as Indians, boarded three ships, and dumped the tea into the Boston harbor.

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This made the British anger and they added new laws called intolerable act

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The British wanted to go to Lexington and arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock. Paul Revere over heard the British plan and got on his horse and rode to Lexington to warn them. It was 77 vs 700. 8 of the 77 Americans died and 1 of the 700 were injured. After the Americans retreated. The British marched over to concord.

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the British mission was to defeat the Americans in Lexington and go to the tavern and get all their weapons and burn them. Since Paul Revere warned them they hid most of the weapons. The British were almost their but because the Americans knew they hid in the trees and were ready to ambush them. The British retreated and even when the British retreated the Americans still harassed them and that was the start of the Revolutionary war.

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The declaration of independence is about when the 2nd continental congress writes a document stating that they are now a free country, the government should be like this, and they are taking off taxes. King George is not taking no fr a anser and then this starts the Revolutionary War.