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Treaty Of Paris
ended the American Revolutionary War -
Stamp Act
Anything you bought with paper or stamos you had to pay taxes to help pay for the French and Indian War. -
Townshend Act
was used for the support of civil government in the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
a stree fight that occured between a patriot (mob) and British soliders. several colonist were killed -
Boston Tea Party
was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. -
Intolerable Acts
were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. -
second Continential Congress
a convention of delegates of the thirteen colonies and soon after warfare and the american revolutionary had begun. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. -
Olive Branch Petition
A final attempt to avoid a full on war between the thirteen colonies that the congress represented and Great Britian -
Common Sense is published
Thomas Paine published common sense on January 10, 1776. It is said that it is belived that it was a great support for patriot cause. Using plain clear language, paine rallied the colnist to support the break of britisn. -
Declaration of Independence
A statement adopted by the continential congress. Which announced that the thirteen Americn Colonies then at war with great britian. -
battle of trenton
took place during the revolutionary war after general george washington crossing of the delaware River north of Trenton. -
Battle of Saratoga
the climax of saratoga campaign giving decisive victory to the americans over the british and Revelutionary War -
Yorktown
washingtons troops joined Lafayettes troops. Britians cornwalls is left to face an army twice the size of his own. Cornwall suffered many casualities. Unable to escape Cornwalls surrenders to washington on October 19.
