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The Stamp Act
Marked the beginning of organized oppisition to British rule. They taxed on legal document. You have to have a stamp bought for all legal documents and other items like playing cards, newspaper, ect... -
Townshend Act
A string of laws that were passed by parliment .It was named after chancellor. It was taxed on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
A battle between the towns people and British troops. It started with a drunk guy throwing snowballs to killing 5 people and injuring 6. After this the British Soldiers were stationed in Boston -
Boston Tea Party
Was a political protest.The Towns people boarded 3 ships and dumped all the tea in the harbor. -
The intolerable Acts
Boston ports shut down, and cant open back up untll they pay. Great Britian put in pro bristish people, and moved the trial to great britian. -
Second continential congress
Many of the same delegates from the first returned. The americans were divided in that some leaned towards independence, and others towards comprimise which meant more cclonial self-rule. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The bristish army attacked , launched 3 assults on the patriots, on the 3rd launch bristish succeded and captured breed's hill. And patriots ran out of supplies and had to retreat. -
Olive Branch Petition
It was the last attemp to find a peacful end to the rovolution -
Common Sense is published
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare a fight of independence from Great Britian . -
Declaration of Independence
it was adopted by the continential congress, which anounced that the thirteen colonies can go to war . The purpose was to bring peace to the towns people. -
The battle of Trenton
Captain George Washington attacked the hessian's on christimas night and ; captured and defeated the hessian's. -
Battle of Saratoga
Led by General Burgoyne. The objective was to cut off New England. People werent happy with this plan. They cut down and destroied stuff to slow them down. Burgoyne ended up surrendering his troops. France helped out America -
The Battle of Yorktown
Washingtons troops joined Lafayett's troop. Cornvallis had many casualties at cowpens, SC. Cornwallis surrenders to Washingtons troops. -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the revolutionary war.
