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Boston Massacre
Colonists provoked British soilders becasue they were angry about taxes. Many colonists over-exagerated the event. -
Tea Act
Limited trade to British East India Company. Colonists were angry becasue they were not treated like other British subjects. -
Boston Tea Party
Was the reaction to the Tea Act. Colonists dressed as Natives and dumped tea into Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Was also known as the Coercive Acts. Closed Boston Harbor; Mass. charter was canceled, Gage became the new govener; royal officials go to Britian for trials; colonists were forced to quarter soliders; and Quebec gets land. -
Lexington and Concord
British quickly got past Patriots at Lexington. British were forces to retreat at Concord. -
First Continental Congress
Decided to continue boycotting British goods, didn't declare war but prepared an army. Wrote the Decleration of Rights. -
Decleration of Rights
Created at First Continental Congress. Stated the complaints against taxes being imposed unjustly on them. -
Americans drive British from Boston
Patriots surronded Boston with cannons. Forced Britians to leave. -
Second Continental Congress
Founded the Continental army. Also drafted the Olive Branch Petition. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
One of the most important colonial victories. The battle lasted three hours and was one of the deadliest battles of the Revolutionary War. -
Olive Branch Petition
Was adopted by the second continental congress. The colonists were tyring to assert their rights and King George refused to read it. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet by Thomas Paine. It argues that citizens should be able to make laws. It changes many colonists minds and was widely distibuted. -
Declaration of Independence
Announced that the thirteen colonies were now independent dtates. Thomas Jefferson wrote most of it. -
Battle of New York
The British had a big victory. They gained control of the city and kept it for the rest of the war. -
Battle of Trenton
George Washington led his troops across the Deleware River to suprise attack the British army. The Americans won because the Hessians let their guard down and fell asleep. -
Battle of Brandywine Creek
The British won. They captured Phiidelphia; the colonists capital. -
Battle of Saratoga
The British had a good victory. They invaded New York and forced the Americans to surrender. -
Siege of Charleston
The surrender at Charleston is the biggest American surrender ever. General Clinton called it a siege because if it would be called an attack then he was afraid the people of Charleston would not listen to his rules. -
Battle of Yorktown
The last battle of the Revolutionary War. The Americans forced the British to surrender. -
Treaty of Paris
the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War. It stated all of the Americans rights. Benjamin Franklin negotiated most of the Treaty.
