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stamp act
tax put on all printed material -
boycott
colonists boycott british goods -
stamp act repeal
parliment repealed stamp act -
declatory act
thr same date the stamp act was repealed declatory act was formed parliments taxing authority was the same in america as in great britan parliment had directly taxed the colonies for revanue in the sugar act and stamp act -
townshed act
all imported goods were taxed -
delegates vote
wanted to repeal 13 acts of parliment
boycott british goods -
crispus attucks
crispus attucks was the first colonist killed in boston massacer by british -
Boston committee of correspondence
boston committee of corrospondance was formed by sam adams -
colonial militias
protect community in militias
practiced firing weapons and doing drills -
lexington and concord
red coats approached lexington at dawn
british continues to concord
by the time red coats reached boston atleast 174 were wounded and 73 dead -
british on the move
colony protests leader dr joseph warren walks through boston -
jefferson writes the doi
the doi is adopted by the SCC meeting in Philadelphia -
Battles of Trent and New Jersey
a small but important war -
American and British Battle of Saratoga
saratoga gave victory to Americans -
Howe captures Philadelphia
British try to capture Philadelphia in the American revolutionary war -
Articles of Confederation
served as the first constitution -
Congress prohibits enslaved people imported to the US
no new slaves could be imported -
Winter at Valley Forge
third continental army British forces captured Philadelphia -
John Paul Jones & Serapis
JPJ won battles -
Spain Declares war on Great Britain
king charels would not settle on a peace treaty with united states -
British forces capture Charles Town
fought in 1780 -
British surrender at Yorktown
they exhausted too much food -
Treaty of Paris
ended revolutionary war
