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The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was when the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. The act, which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies. this lead to a mob and violence which then led too the colonists rose in armed rebellion against the British. -
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Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. The act, which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, came at a time when the British Empire was deep in debt from the Seven Years' War. -
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Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend Acts taxed goods imported to the American colonies. But American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw the Acts as an abuse of power. The British sent troops to America to enforce the unpopular new laws, further heightening tensions between Great Britain and the American colonies in the run-up to the American Revolutionary War. -
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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. The conflict energized anti-British sentiment and paved the way for the American Revolution. -
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Continental Congress
The first Continental of Congress was, comprised of delegates from the colonies, met in 1774 in reaction to the Intolerable Acts, a series of measures imposed by the British government after the colonies resisted new taxes. In 1775, the Second Continental Congress convened after the Revolutionary War had already begun. In 1776, it took the momentous step of declaring America’s independence from Britain. -
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The Battles of Lexington & Concord
The Battles of Lexington & Concord was when hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. But Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm, and colonial militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the Redcoat column. A confrontation on the Lexington town green started off the fighting, and soon the British were hastily retreating under intense fire. -
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The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was early in the Revolutionary War, the British defeated the Americans. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost during the Siege of Boston. -
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The Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was when General George Washington’s army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day and on December 26 Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. -
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The Battle of Camden
The Battle Of Camden was lopsided victory for the British during the American Revolutionary War, It was also known as the worst American defeat in the field and left the British in temporary control of the southern colonies. -
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The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle Of Yorktown was a war between George Washington and Lord Charles Cornwallis. The battle had lasted 3 weeks and was located in Yorktown Virginia. And the victor of the battle was George Washington after Lord Charles Cornwallis had surrender. -
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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 formally ended the American Revolutionary War. American statesmen Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay negotiated the peace treaty with representatives of King George III of Great Britain. In the Treaty of Paris, the British Crown formally recognized American independence and ceded most of its territory east of the Mississippi River to the United States, doubling the size of the new nation and paving the way for westward expansion.