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The Stamp Act forced the colonists to pay taxes on printed items such as newspapers, playing cards, and pamphlets. -
The Boston Massacre began at an argument that led to a riot outside of the Customs House. -
There was a tax on tea and they were trying to reduce the tax on imported British tea. -
Intolerable Acts have four Acts the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. -
Lexington was not a serious military defeat, but it was politically disastrous for the British. The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first major military campaigns of the American Revolutionary War. -
The British were led by Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith. The British were led by Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith. the British suffered some 583 killed and wounded, while the rebels counted about 200 dead, 500-600 wounded, and 400 caught. -
The Battle of Brandywine was an overarching British victory and the conquest of the rebel seat of government. -
In the Valley Forge many people died from starvation and disease and killed nearly 2,000 soldiers and maybe as many as 1,500 horses.