American Revolution

The Stamp Act

1765

*Ratified by Britain parliament under king George the III
*Imposed tax on all papers and official documents in American colonies (No taxation without representation)
*Repealed in 1766

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

*The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770
*British soldiers shot five colonists after firing into a crowd
*Caused by Townsend acts, Occupation of Boston, killing of Christopher Seider

The Intolerable Act

Jun 2, 1774

*Punitive laws passed by the British parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party
*The laws aimed to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

*The 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain.
*The Declaration summarized the colonist’s motivations for seeking independence

Battle of Yorktown

Sep 28, 1781

British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the American colonies Also known as the Siege of Yorktown

Treaty of Paris

Sep 3, 1783

*This treaty, signed on, September 3, 1783 between the American colonies and Great Britain
*Ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation

U.S Constitution

Sep 17, 1787

*A convention of states in Philadelphia proposes the constitution
*Replaces the much looser central government operating under the Articles of Confederation

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jun 17, 1789

*First stage of the Revolutionary War
*Named after the Bunker Hill in Charlestown
*The British capture Charlestown
*British suffered 1,054 casualties (highest number of casualties suffered by the British in the entire war