Actual fighting in the American Revolution began on April 19, 1775, when American militia-men and British 'redcoats' clashed at the Battles of Lexington and Concord in what is present-day Massachusetts. Tensions and even some skirmishing had taken place prior; however, these battles formally initiated a war that would not end until eight years later.
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Pontiac's War, also known at Pontiac's Rebellion, took place in the Great Lakes region of North America. The war was between Great Britain and many Native American Indian tribes.
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The whiskey rebellion occurred twice in early US history. The first occurrence was a tax that Britain used to charge the colonies for alcoholic beverages. The second time the whiskey rebellion occurred before prohibition was when the new colonies began charging a luxury tax to distilled spirits to pay for the revolutionary war.
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Thought colonial soldiers had fired on them