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Treaty of Paris
it was signed by the kingdoms of great britain, france and spain, with portugal in agreement, after britain's victory over france and spain during the seven years war -
Stamp Act
an act of the british parliament for raising revenue in the american colonies by requiring the use of stamps and stamped paper for official documents, commercial writings, and various articles -
Townshend Acts
Acts of the british parliament, especially the act that placed duties on tea, paper, lead, paint, etc., imported into the American colonies, named after charles townshend who presented the idea -
Boston Massacre
A riot in Boston arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quarted in city,in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several people -
Tea Act
An act of the british parliament that created a monopoly unfair to American Merchants: the chief cause of the boston tea party -
Boston Tea Party
a raid in three british ships in Boston Harbor in which Boston colonists, disguised as Indians, threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea and against the monopoly granted the East India Company -
Edenton Tea Party
A political protest in Edenton, North Carolina, in response to the tea act, passed by the british parliament -
Intolerable Acts
Aseries of laws passed by the british in an attempt to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party -
First Continental Congress
Meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphis to decide how to respond to increased taxes and abuses of authority by the British government; delegates petitioned by King George 3, listing the freedoms they believed colonists should enjoy -
George Washington
A general and political leader, 1st president of the U.S., 1732-99 -
Thomas Gage
A British General, best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as military commander in the early days of the American Revolution -
Paul Revere
American silversmith and patriot, famous for his his night horseback ride to warn Massachusetts colonists of the coming of British troops -
Battle of lexington and concord
The first battle of the revolutionary war, fought in Massachusetts, british troops were moving toward lexington and concordto seize the colonists' military supplies and arrest revolutionaries, the british were stopped by the minutemen in concord and then were harassed by the american volunteers as they retreated along the concor-lexington road, Paul Revere (on his famous ride) had first alerted the Americans to the british movement -
Second Continental Congress
representatives from 12 of the colonies met in philadelphia, they had to decide how to react to the fighting -
Mecklenburg Resolves
could also be called the Charlotte Town Resolves, it was a list of statements adopted at Charlotte, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, drafted in the month following the fighting at Lexington and Concord -
Bunker Hill
A hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the first major battle of the revolution, known as the battle of bunker hill, was fought on adjoining Breed's Hill -
Olive Branch Petition
It was adopted by the second continental congress in a final attempt to avoid a full-on war between the thirteen colonies that the congress represented, and Great Britain -
Battle of Ticonderoga
it was during the american revolutionary war, it took place at fort ticonderoga on lake champlain, it was the british, Hessians and Brunswickers against the american colonist -
Continental Army
the revolutionary war army, authorized by the continental congress and led by George Washington -
lord dunmore's proclamation
issued from on board a british warship lying off Norfolk, Virginia, by royal governer and scottish aristocrat John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, offered the first large scale emancipation of slave and servant labor in the history of colonial british america -
Siege of Boston
It was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War, New England militiamen prevented the movement by land of the British Army garrisoned in what was then the peninsular town of Boston, Massachusetts -
Halifax Resolves
the name later given to the resolution adopted by North Carolina, that adoption of the resolution was the first official action in the American Colonies calling for independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution -
Declaration of Independence
the proclamation made by the sencond american continental congress which asserted the freedom and independence of the 13 colonies from great britain -
Battle of Trenton
it was during the american revolutionary war, after general george washigton's crossing of the delaware river north of trenton, new jersey -
Battle of Kings Mountain
was a decisive battle between the patriot and loyalist militias in the southern campaign of the American Revolutionary war -
Battle of Cowpens
it was a desisive victory by the continental army forces under brigadier general daniel morgan in the southern campaign of the american revolutionary war over british army led by colonel banastre tarleton -
Battle of Yorktown
it was the last battle of the revolutionary war, it wa fought near the seacoast of virginia, there the british general lord cornwallis surrendered his army to general george washigton -
Treaty of Paris (1783)
signed in paris by representatives of king george 3 of great britain and representatives of the united states of america, it ended the american revolutionary war -
Battle of Charleston
one of the major battles which took place towards the end of the american revolutionary war, after the british began to shift their strategic focus towards the american southern colonies
