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The Intolerable Acts
Laws that Britain passed that punished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party -
The First Continental Congress
Representatives from each colony met to discuss and write to Britain that we the colonists wanted our rights restored -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
The Second Continental Congress
Meeting for the representatives of each colony to meet together to declare independence from Great Britain -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Was a battle fought for the siege of Boston -
The Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, and signed on July 8, in a final attempt to avoid a full-scale war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies in America -
Publication of "Common Since"
a pamphlet that was written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
The Declaration of Independence
A document that stated that we(Americans) would be free from British control -
The Battle of Trenton and Princeton
Two crucial battle of the revolutionary war -
Battle of Saratoga
Was a turning point in the revolutionary war giving the victory to the Colonial Army -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight military encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington -
Battle of Yorktown
This battle was one of the last events of the Revolutionary War -
The Treaty of Paris
Like every war, The Treaty of Paris stated that the Colonists(Americans) had won the war