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Albany Plan of Union
It was called as a council for representatives of colonial assemblies. The council had a rule over western settlements, Native Americans. Also, it could organize armies and collect taxes to pay their expenses -
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Boston Massacre
An angry crowd of workers surrounded some soldiers and started throwing rocks at them. The soldiers fired their weapons in return killing 5 and injuring 6. 9 soldiers involved in the shooting were arrested on Governor Thomas Hutchinson's orders. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty organized in port cities to stop the East India Company tea from being unloaded to the docks.THey threatened people who wanted to buy the tea.The only city tea wastrying to be unloaded was Boston.A large group of men dress as Native Americans boarded the tea ship and threw 342 cases of tea into the harber -
First Continental Congress
The meeting took place in Philidelphia. Only only 12 of the 13 colonies sent delegates, Georgia did not. John Adams and Samuel Adams were sent from Massachusetts, John Jay was sent from New York, and George Washington and Patrick Henry were sent from Virginia. -
Second Continental Congress
Even after the battles of Concord and Lexington, people still did not favor independence. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
On this day, Colonel Prescott led minutemen to the top of Bunker Hill to shoot at British ships in Boston Harbor. The men prescott brought to the top of Bunker Hill were not trained soldiers, but workers, farmers, volunteers, but most importantly, they were Americans.The Colonel realized that Breed's Hill was better so he moved his men there.The British started advancing up the hill.They were at a disadvantage from the beginning. It took the British 3 times to finally overtake both hills. -
Declaration Of Independence
A brilliant piece of literature. It explains the reason why colonists wanted to break away from British. -
Battle of Saratoga
Britain developed a "victory" plan. That plan was to march on Albany from 3 directions and beat the Americans. Completing this would give the British control of the Hudson River, meaning they could cut off supplies to all of the colonies. 2 of the 3 armies attacked without the third. The colonists, led by Benedict Arnold, ended up surrounding the British and defeating them, this is the turning point in the war because before France only supplied money, after this they became official allies. -
Battle of Yorktown
Inevitably, the loss at Yorktown was due to Cornwallis thinking. He had thought British reinforcements would come to his aid at the coast. However, the French, America's allies, removed the British ships off the coast at the end of August. Washington led his troops with the French to trap Cornwallis, forcing a surrender after 3 weeks. On October 19, the American and French lined up facing each while the British walked shamefully through the middle. Marking the end of the American Revolution.
