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Commities of Correspondance Established
shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution. They coordinated responses to Britain and shared their plans; by 1773 they had emerged as shadow governments, superseding the colonial legislature and royal officials -
Stamp Act
The stamp act placed a tax on printed items such as newspapers and documents -
Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams and others create a patriotic group called the sons of liberty -
Stamp Act Repealed
Stamp Act Repealed due to strong reaction from colonists -
Declatory Act
The declatory act stated that Parilments authority was the same in America as in Britian and asserted Parliments authority to make binding laws on the american colonies it was issued the same day that the Stamp Act was repealed. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts placed a tax on all imports into the colonies from Britian -
Boston Massacre
British red coats open fire on a group of colonial civilians after being taunted, five were killed. -
Gaspee Affair
British customs schooner that had been enforcing unpopular trade regulations, ran aground in shallow water on June 9, 1772, near what is now known as Gaspee Point in the city of Warwick, Rhode Island, while chasing the packet boat Hannah. -
Tea Act
The act started when the Lord North nearly bankrupt British East India Company which allowed them not to tax the colonists on tea. Lord North hoped the colonists would buy the cheaper tea instead they protested. -
Boston Tea Party
On December 16 a group of Boston Rebels dressed up as Native Americans and threw 18,000 pounds of East India Companys Tea off a ship that anchored in the harbor -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act of 1774 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain setting procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec -
Intolerable Act
In 1774 Parliament passed a number of acts that the Colonist named the Intolerable Acts -
First Continental Congress
On September 5, 56 delegates met in Philadelphia and came up with colonial rights. -
George Washington Appointed General
Chosen by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to be commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolution -
Paul Revere's Ride
When British Army activity on April 7, 1775, suggested the possibility of troop movements, Joseph Warren sent Revere to warn the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, then sitting in Concord, the site of one of the larger caches of Patriot military supplies. After receiving the warning, Concord residents began moving the military supplies away from the town. -
Lexington and Concord
The battle of the American Revolution between the Bristish Soldiers and the colonist. The colonist defeated the British quickly with 3,000 to 4.000 men -
Second Continental Congress
When the Second Continental Congress came together on July 4, 1775 it was, in effect, a reconvening of the First Continental Congress. Many of the same 56 delegates who attended the first meeting were in attendance at the second -
Battle of Bunker Hill
took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill, which was peripherally involved in the battle and was the original objective of both colonial and British troops, -
Olive Branch Petition
adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1775 in a fortified attempt to avoid a full-blown war with Great Britain. The petition affirmed American loyalty to Great Britain and entreated the king to prevent further conflict. -
A Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
esponse of George III of Great Britain to the news of the Battle of Bunker Hill at the outset of the American Revolutionary War. Issued August 23, 1775, it declared elements of the American colonies in a state of "open and avowed rebellion" -
British pulled out of Virginia
Patriot troops attacked and defeated Virginian governor Dunmore's troops near Norfolk, Virginia. British then pulled their soldiers out of Virginia leaving the Patriots in control. -
Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine, a 50 page pamphlet that was against King George, It also presented arguments to escape the british rule -
British Evacuate Boston
evacuation of British forces from the city of Boston following the Siege of Boston, early in the American Revolutionary War. Schools and government offices -
Declaration Of Independence
In the summer of 1776 the Continental Congress wrote about John Lockes natural Rights which were Life, Liberty and the Persuit of Happiness. On July 4 the American Colonies adopted the declaration of Independence and declared their freedom from Britain. -
Battle of NY
Washigton was hampered by the British control of the sea, which allowed them to conceivably attack either long island or Manhattan -
Battle of Trenton
George Washington led the colonist across the Delaware River for a suprise attack against the Hessian forces in Trenton. -
Battle of Saratoga
American troops surrounded the British General Buroyne whcih caused him to surrender -
Battle of Yorktown
On October 19, Britains greatest military force was defeated by the Americans
