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These were women who showed patriotism by being active in boycotts of British goods. The daughters of liberty was led by Deborah Sampson.

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An organization of men to protect the rights of the american citizens. They played a major role in defending the colonists in the american revolution.

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The battles at Lexington and Concord were the first military fought battles of the American revolution. This battle started when British troops were sent to confiscate weapons from the colonists, and they ran into a militia. This was an important battle because the americans won. This showed the Britain's that the americans were a threat, and it also gave the colonists hope.

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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. In this meeting delegates discussed what how the colonists would react to the Intolerable acts. The delegates wrote a letter to the kings demanding him to stop the intolerable acts. This was a good event for the colonists because they began acting as their own nation.

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The Intolerable acts were harsh laws passed by the British parliament. The laws were put in place to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Part. The colonists did not agree with these acts.

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The Boston Tea Party was a large protest by the colonist due to the tea act. On December 16,1773  Samuel Adams and the Sons of liberty boarded a British ship that was carrying tea, and 342 chest of tea overboard. This was viewed aa a successful protest from the colonists

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The Tea Acts purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonies, but to bail out the floundering East India Company. To do this the British parliament raised taxes on their tea products. This angered the colonist, and they immediately began to revolt.

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On March 5, 1770 a squad of British soldiers opened fire on a rowdy crowd of protestors. The protestors were colonist and already did not like the soldiers, so the incident drew the line between the citizens and soldiers.

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The Townshend act was a series of measures introduced to the english parliament by Charles Townshend. The purpose of the Townshend Acts was to raise revenue in the colonies. Lie most of the other acts, the colonist did not support this act.

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The Declaratory act declared that British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. This was big for the colonist because it was the first step to gaining full independence

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The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting in New York that consisted of representatives from the nine colonies. This meeting was the first gathering of elected representatives. At this meeting they devised a plan to protest Britain's taxes. This meeting is important, because it shows the progress of America's independence.

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The stamp act required american colonists to pay a tax on every piece of paper. The colonists did not like this act, and it made them want to be independent.

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The Sugar act raised taxes on foreign imports (mainly molasses). Great Britain imposed this act so that colonist had no choice but to buy products directly from them. This also caused Britain's competition to lose a lot of money.

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The Quartering act forced colonist to provide British soldiers with accommodations such as a place to stay and food. Most of the colonist did not like the quartering act, and felt as if their personal lives were being invaded by the British soldiers.

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The main intent of this proclamation was to appease the Indians by limiting the the colonist to only settling to the east of the Appalachian mountains. The colonist thought that they were doing the right thing by just giving the native americans new land. The native americans felt as if they were being kicked out of their home.