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The Stamp Act
The Stamp act was an act of the British Board in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the King. -
Boston massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770. It was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been rising since Royal troops first appearance in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts. -
The Tea Act
Tea Act of 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. -
Boston Tea Party
On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty got on three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts in 1774 and pushed the two sides closer to war/fight. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Madness had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
On June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), the British had defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. Although commonly referred to as the Battle of Bunker Hill, most of the fighting occurred on nearby Breed’s Hill. -
Decoration of Independence
On July 4 1776, the board signed a contract that allowed all americans to be free and do what they want to do. -
Nathan Hale
Today in 1776, General George Washington asks for a volunteer for a extremely dangerous mission: to gather intelligence behind enemy lines before the coming Battle of Harlem Heights. Captain Nathan Hale of the 19th Regiment of the Continental Army stepped forward and subsequently become one of the first known American spies of the Revolutionary War. -
George Washington crossing the Delaware
General George Washington's tried to cross the Delaware River on Christmas 1776 foreshadowed the many hardships faced as well as the eventual victory of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. At first look, the decision to transport 2,400 Continental soldiers across an icy river all in one night, directly into a severe winter storm of sleet and snow seems irrational. -
Battle of Yorktown
Today in 1781, Commander George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, it ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. The Continental Congress named a five-member commission to negotiate a treaty–John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens. -
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