-
Stamp Act
The British Parliament exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers,legal and commerical documents. -
Townshend Act
Imported duties on tea, lead, glass, and paint colors.
Moneu was used to pay royal governors.
"No taxiation without representation" -
Boston Massacre
Crowd of colonists threaten British soldiers.
British open fire killing five Americans.
Parliament canceled the Townshend duties. -
Boston Tea Party
British sold tea even more cheaply than smuggled tea.
Colonist dressed up as Mohawks.
Colonists boarded tea ships. -
Intolerable Acts
American Patriots' name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament.
Occured after the Boston Tea party.
Punished the Massachusetts colonists for throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. -
Second Continential Congress
Convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Located near Boston.
Americans ran out of American ammunition.
Moral victory for American army.
British casualities 1054
American casualties 441
Washington took command of the army two weekes after this battle. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Second Continental Congress adopted, and it affirmed American loyalty to Great Britain. -
Common Sense
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. Inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain -
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson.
"Birth Certificate of the United States"
Document listed rights and grievances against King George 3 -
Trenton
Small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary -
Battle of Saratoga
Teh turning point of the war.
Biggest American Victory at the time.
About 5000 British surrender to Washington.
After the American victory. Frances changes the policies.
Feb. 1778 France and America formed an alliance
France declared war on Britain the next month
Spain declared war in 1779
Bernado De Galvez chased British troops out of Louisiana and Florida. -
Treaty of Paris
Ends the Revolutionary war.
Set many geographic boarders including U.S. and Canada.
British Merchants must be paid for lost items
loyalists must be paid for lost property -
Yorktown
French blockade aidied this final battle.
Excape from the British was impossible.
British General Cornwallis faced american forces twice his size.
Approximately 8700 British troops surrendered.
Pinned in by American and French naval fleets.
