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The Stamp act was a tax put onto the Colonists by the British. It caused a lot of problems because it had taxed almost everything purchased in the colony’s.

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The first shots of the war where heard at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts that lead to the war.

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This was the first major battle of the war, the colonists end up backing off their positions. But they still inflicted a lot of damage on the British by killing/injuring half of their army that came to the battle.

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The colonists and French had forced the British to surrender. This was the last major of the revolution that caused Independence.

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The British had won this battle but it was a very costly one because they had suffered a lot of casualties and was one of the battles that lead up to the surrender.

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During July 1776 the Colonists create a letter to the world to tell them that they are not apart of any country and will run by themselves.

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This battle that Washington went to was one of the first victories for the Colonists and gave them a lot of motivations to continue to fight.

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With a few victories for the Colonists in a row the diplomatic part of the Colonies got the French to help out.

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This was another costly victory for the British that had made them less powerful by the day.

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The British captured a large Colonist army and had one of its biggest victories in the war.