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Stamp Act
British starts taxing colonists on all paper products. the group called Sons of Liberty starts up because of hatred for this. -
Townshend Act
Parliment taxes imported goods, with things like tea, paper, glass, and paints -
Boston Massacre
Drunk colonists threw snowballs at soldiers. A soldier accedentally fired and killed a colonist, resulting in a fight and the british soldiers getting kicked out of Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists disguise as Indians snuck on the boats in Boston Harbor and dumped 45 tons of tea into the harbor. Anyone caught stealing the tea was turned in to the authorities -
Intolerable Acts
Also called the coercive acts, shut down the Boston Harbor/Ports.the government was taken over by people loyal to the king. -
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Second Continental Congress
People from all the colonies gathered to discuss war or an olive branch petition -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British attacked three times before they finally won and toke it over. -
Olive Branch Petition
Drafted by John Dickinson. Adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5 and submitted to the king on July 8 of 1775 -
Common Sense was published
It was written by Thomas Paine. It expressed both of the colonists views of the Revolutionary War, but also stated that he wanted to go to war. -
Declaration of Independence
Declared independence from England. It was mostly written by Thomas Jefferson. It has four parts; preamble, declaration of rights, complaints, and revolution of independence -
Battle of Trenton
General George Washington attacked the Hessian Army on Christmas night. The hessian army surrendered. Afterwards Washington offered his troops doubled pay if they stayed on for another term -
Battle of Saratoga
British traveled down and around from canada because they wanted to isolate New England. The trip was harder than first expected. Colonists attacked them gruella style. Burgoyne(england) surrendered to Gates on Oct. 17 1777 -
Battle of Yorktown
Battle in the Revolutionary War
The british faced an army twice their size. Cornwall, british general, surrendered to Washington on Oct. 19, 1781. -
Treaty of Paris
Formally ended the Revolutionary War. England, France, Spain, and the US were involved in the war.
