| A | B |
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| A document stating that the 13 American Colonies were independent of England | Declaration of Independence |
| A law passed by Parliament that taxed printed materials in the 13 Colonies | Stamp Act |
| An agreement that officially ended the American Revolution. The United States became an independent country | Treaty of Paris |
| A law passed that only the East India Company could sell tea to the 13 Colonies | Tea Act |
| An event in which British soldiers killed 5 colonists who were part of an angry group that had surrounded them in Boston | Boston Massacre |
| Laws passed by Parliament that taxed goods imported by the 13 Colonies from England | Townshend Acts |
| A letter sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III in 1775 in an attempt to avoid war | Olive Branch Petition |
| Laws passed by the British to punish the people of Boston after the Boston Tea Party | Intolerable Acts |
| Fighting that took place on Breed's Hill between the English and the Americans. It was won by the British. | Bunker HIll |
| A protest against British taxes in which the Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into the harbor | Boston Tea Party |
