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1.Reasons behind the Revolutionary War.” Weapons in the War of 1812 | NCpedia, www.ncpedia.org/history/usrevolution/reasons.
2.The 13 American Colonies: Maryland, www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/causesrevwar.htm.

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The Boston massacre

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The colonist reacting to unfai laws

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The American people were strongly independent. They wanted to do things for themselves. Great Britain was a long way away. The American people didn't want people an ocean away telling them how to live their lives.

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The movement against English rule spread rapidly. In April 1775 British soldiers, called lobsterbacks because of their red coats, and minutemen—the colonists' militia—exchanged gunfire at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. Described as "the shot heard round the world," it signaled the start of the American Revolution and led to the creation of a new nation.

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-the parliament started placing unfair laws and taxes on the American colonies which made them mad.

- these laws were placed for England to make their money back that they spent on the French and Indian war