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American Revolultion
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The Stamp Act
The British create the Stamp Act , requiring all newspapers and legal documents to carry a stamp purchased from the British. -
Boston Massacre
A crowd harsed the soliders and attacked them with snow balls.The commotion yelled FIRE, so the soliders did, three townpeople were killed and eight wounded. (No One yelled Fire). -
First Continental Congress
First Continetal Congress brought together representatives from each of the colonies except Georgia to discuss their response to the British Intolerable Acts -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first shots starting the revolultion were fired at Lexington. On April 18, 1775 British General Thomas Gage sent 700 soliders to guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in the town of Concord. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental congress on May 10, 1775. The delegates of the 13 colonies gathered in Philadelphia to discuss their next step. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775 only days after George Washington was elected Commader in Cheif of the Continental Army. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was at the Second Continental Congress. -
Battle of Washington Fort
On his return to New York General Howe and his troops attacked Fort Washington. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris offically ended the revolultion and reconized the United States of American as an Idependent Nation. -
Constitution Convention
The Constitution Covention help 1787 approved the Constitution of the United States of America.
