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The American
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Time Revolution
The American Revolution was building up because colonists were getting really tired of the British rule
of the colony. The British governors treated the colonists as their property and denied them any rights.
The War Begins
The colonists decided that if they wanted to be heard, they had to take an aggressive approach and
ght the British. The British knew that the colonists were planning something and decided to stop it.
Paul Revere, who was an American colonist patriot, warned everyone, and the colonists’ army was
ready to ght. The British fought but could not keep up with the colonists and retreated in the battles
of Lexington and Concord. However, the war did not end; it was just the beginning.
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