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Paul Revere
Paul Revere was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and a patriot in the American Revolution. Also his claims to historical significance rest even more on his talent as a craftsman and on his industrial perspicacity. -
Proclamation of 1763
Proclaimation of 1763 stopped colonist from moving west beyond the Appalachian Mountian. Also to reserve the lands west of the Appalachian mountains for Indians -
Sugar Act
Taxed imported sugar, wine, molasses and coffee. Also it stopped the colonies from exporting lumber and iron. Also the previous colonial taxes had to support local British officials, the tax on sugar was enacted solely to refill Parliament's empty Treasury. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required colonist to pay a direct tax on all paper. Also colonist had to use stamped paper for all printed material. -
Townshend Act
It taxed the important paper. lead, glass and tea. It also set up British courts to enforce the acts. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed. -
Tea Act
It flooded the maket with British tea that was cheaper than American tea. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a direct protest by colonists in Boston against the Tea Tax that had been improsed by the British government for taxes. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies and a series of measures imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes. -
Intolerable Act
The Intolerable Act expanded the power of the Britiah governor and it closed Bostons port to all trade except England. -
Edenton Tea Party
It was a political protest in Edenton inn response of the Tea Act. Also waa a big step of declaring America’s independence from Britain. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold of Massachusetts joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont in a attack on the fort, capturing the sleeping British garrison. Also the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga was the first American victory of the Revolutionary War. -
Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill was the first great battle of the Revolutionary War. The British drove the Americans from their fort at Breed's Hill to Bunker Hill, but only after the Americans had run out of gunpowder. Before retreating, the Americans killed many British troops. -
Continental Army
The Continental Army was formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America. Also was authorized by the Continental Congress in 1775 and led by George Washington. -
Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge
American forces defeated the British. The victory ended British authority in North Carolina and provided an important boost to Patriot morale. -
Halifax Resolves
The Halifax Resolves was the first official action in the American Colonies calling for independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution. -
Mecklenburg Resolves
Mecklenburg Resolves was a list of statements adopted at Charlotte. They also signed the Declaration of Independents. It was the month following the fighting at Lexington and Concord. -
Declaration of Independence
Its states that a government exist for the benefit of the people and that "All men are created equal." It is one of the best written statement of an individual in history. -
Winter at Valley Forge
Valley Forge was the military camp in southeastern Pennsylvania, northwest of Philadelphia, where the American Continental Army spent the winter. -
Battle of Kings Mountain
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a decisive victory in South Carolina for the Patriot militia over the Loyalist militiary in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle at Guilford Courthouse
The British won the battle and forced the Americans to retreat, They lost so many soldiers that the battle eventually led to their defeat in the war. -
Battle of Yorktown
The battle essentially ended the Revolutionary War. With the help of the French, the colonists surrounded the British at Yorktown on land and water and forced the British army there to surrender -
Treaty of Paris
It was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America. It officially ended the American Revolution, and Great Britain recognized American independence.
