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Townshend Acts
Parliament passed the Townshend Acts to tax various goods in the American colonies, prompting the colonies to discourage purchasing British imports.767, which taxed goods imported to the American colonies. However American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw the Acts as an abuse of power -
Boston Tea Party & Intolerable Acts
The Coercive Acts of 1774, also known as the Intolerable Acts, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The American patriots were defeated at the Battle of Bunker Hill, but they proved they could hold their own against the superior British Army. The fierce fight confirmed that any reconciliation between England and her American colonies was no longer possible. -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge was a naturally defensible plateau where the army could train and recoup from the year's battles, and the wet and cold winter weather, muddy and impassable roads, and scant supplies made major battles less likely.