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This battle was the official end of the Revolutionary War, where the British surrendered.

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This is a non-traditional military tactic in which typically untrained individuals carry out attacks such as raids in smaller groups to take out larger militaries.

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This battle marked the official "turning point" of the war, where it became clear that patriots had the upper hand. It was not one battle, but two battles eighteen days apart, and resulted in a win for the patriots.

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Preceding the Battle of Trenton, George Washington crossed the Delaware river with other patriots in order to carry out a surprise onslaught on the British.

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Although the battle was small, it was extremely important. It broke a common tradition of not fighting on Christmas; the battle took place on Christmas day, 1776.

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An Act passed by the British Parliament in which enforced a tax on tea to Americans, and furthermore secured the British East India Company to have a monopoly on tea in the colonies.

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Being one of the earliest battles in the war, Patriots were attempting to delay British attacks. Provoking a battle instead, they lost.

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George Washington was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, and later the first president of the United States.

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Minutemen were colonists who were self-trained to go into battle at a minute's notice.

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Patriots, during the Revolutionary War, were colonists who rejected British rule and fought for independence.

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Battles that started off the American Revolution. After years of building tension between Colonists and the British, these battles (in the towns of Lexington and Concord) marked the first military presence in the war.

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A series of laws passed by the British parliament in order to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party and otherwise protest against British taxation.