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This battle was over the land in the Ohio River Valley. The French wanted the land because they wanted to hunt in it, and the Indian wanted the land because they didn't want the British to take over it, and the British wanted the land to expand their territory. When they fought of course the British won. But the problem was that they were still in the ORV and were telling the Indians and the Colonists were and were not to go.

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Sugar Act- taxed coffee, sugar, and cloth.
Stamp Act- any document.
Townsend Act- Tea, paint, glass, lead, coffee.

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The Americans responded by boycotting the products. So the British would repeal the taxes, but later they would just at 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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Took place in Boston in front of the state house. Many colonists sounded a few British Soldiers and started to throw sticks, rocks, and snowballs at the soldiers, In the confusion, the soldiers fire on the colonists

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Famously, Paul Revere draws a propaganda of the soldiers firing on colonists.

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The British kept tax on tea. So the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians, boarded 3 ships, and dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor.

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This made the British very angry. They added new laws called the Intolerable Act.

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Lexington was the place that the British and the American Militia fought. The British had 700 people, and the Militia had 77 people. Nobody nows who fired the first shot, but we call it the shot that was heard around the world. Unfortunately 8 men died form the Militia , and 1 man was wounded from the British. After this happened, the British set of to go to Concord.

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When the British were heading to Concord they were going to burn all the ammunition and guns so that the Militia couldn't use them. After the British were done burning everything they were going to cross back over the North Bridge. What they didn't know is that the Militia were hiding on the other side in tree's and bushes. When the Militia came out and ran for them, the British ran away, and went to Boston. Even though the Militia won, they still harassed them. This was the first battles of the Revolutionary War

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The Declaration of Independence was written by the 2nd Continental Congress, but the mane author was Thomas Jefferson. The three main points of the document were, how the colonists stated how a proper government should be run. The colonists stated the taxes they though were unfair. Lastly, they colonists stated that they were free from Britain and were to be considered free and independent states.

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The Declaration of Independence can be viewed in Washington D.C at the National Archives.