American Revolutionary War

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  • Boston Tea Party

    A group of men known as the Sons of Liberty destroyed a shipment of tea by dumping it into the Boston harbor. This destruction of tea was in protest of the taxes that British parliament was enacting on the colonies. Colonists thought it was unfair to tax them without representation in the government.
    Source Cited: Wikipedia. (6 July 2016). Boston Tea Party. Retrieved from
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    American Revolutionary War

    Timeline of important events in the American Revolutionary War.

    Source Cited: Wikkipeadia. (27 May 2016) American Revolutionary War. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    This was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. The first shot in this battle was known as "the shot heard around the world." The colonists were fighting in response to information that the British Army was trying to remove their military supplies.

    Wikipedia. (21 July 2016). Battles of Lexington and Concord. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord

  • United States Declaration of Independence

    The Second Continental Congress declared that they were thirteen independent states that were no longer under British control. The states formed a new nation called the United States of America.
    Source Cited: Wikipedia. (20 July 2016). United States Declaration of Independence. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence

  • Treaty of Alliance with France

    This treaty with France provided the United States with military support against British forces.
    Wikipedia. (27 June 2016). Treaty of Alliance (1778). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Alliance_(1778)

  • Spain Enters the American Revolutionary War

    Spain allied with France to help provide support to the new American nation. Source cited Wikipedia. (21 July 2016). Spain and the American Revolutionary War. Retrieved from

  • Battle of Yorktown

    This was the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. Wikipedia. (5 July 2016). Siege of Yorktown. Retrieved from

  • Treaty of Paris

    This treaty signaled the end of the American Revolutionary War by Britain's agreement that the United States was its own country and independent.
    Source Cited: Wikipedia. (27 May 2016). Treaty of Paris. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)