-
Stamp Act
That exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. The purpose of the tax was to pay for British military troops stationed in the American colonies after the French and Indian War, but the colonists had never feared a French invasion to begin with, and they contended that they had already paid their share of the war expenses. -
Boston Masscure
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation where the British shot and killed serval people -
Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill was a base/ protection for when the war came it was built by the Patriots but the British had took it over when the war came. The British retreated twice but came back with more troops. The Patriot thought they had won the war but the British came back. Then eventually took over the hill. -
Boston Tea Party
This was a political protest by the Sons Of Liberty. This was an act of getting on to a ship with tea and throwing it in to the ocean. -
Lexington and Concord
This battle started the American Revolutionary War. The British were supposed to seize the colonists arms and ammunition. -
Common Sense
The Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. This came a immediate success and was published anonymously. -
Declration of Indepedence
This was made by Tohmas Jefferson. This day is a a national holiday and that is July 4th 1776. -
Battle Of Trenton And Princeton
Trenton and Princeton were important because they reasserted American control of much of New Jersey. This was a great achievement for the colonist. -
Battle of Saratoga
It was a Patriot win the Patriot made the British surrender. But was the battle that Patriots needed to win. -
Conteintal Army wintering at Valley Forge
Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight military encampments for the Continental Army's main body. -
Battle Of Yorktown
This was a battle that made it America. We trapped the British in Yorktown and they had nowhere to go which also the French arrived to help us win this war. -
War in the South/ Charleston
which took place towards the end of the American Revolutionary War, after the British began to shift their strategic focus towards fighting in the southern colonies. As a defeat, it was the biggest loss of troops suffered to the revolutionary army.
