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Independence
Unit 3 Part 2
A Brief Recap
The British have sought to reestablish their dominance over the
colonies following the French and Indian War.
A series of indirect and direct taxes have infuriated the colonists,
who have grown accustomed to having representation in
government.
The colonists had successfully defeated the Stamp Act through
economic boycott, however with the Declaratory Acts England had
reasserted its legal right to collect taxes.
Bunker Hill
Patriot militia drag cannons up
onto Breeds Hill above Boston.
The cannons are poised to fire
down into the harbor at British
warships at anchor.
The British are forced to dislodge
the patriots and while successful
suffer more than a thousand
casualties.