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Stamp Act
First internal tax paying for British protection -
Townshend Act
Taxes on tea, lead, glass, and paint colors. The money was used to pay royal governments. -
Boston Massacre
Many colonists threatened British soliders. -
Boston Tea Party
Groups of Massachusetts colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded tea ships then threw away 342 chests of tea. -
Intolerable Acts
Also called coerice acts. Series of British laws passed by the parliament of Great Britian. -
Second Continential Congeress
Made decisions on when and where to attack the British. This congress created a system where the government would borrow money from the citizens and return it with interest. -
Olive Branch Patition
Final attempt to avoid a war between the 13 colonies -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Occurred in Massachusetts. The battle mainly occurred nearby on Breed's Hill. -
Common Sense Is Published
It was about independence from American colonies -
Decleration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson. John Hancock was the first to sign it. After the 1st draft, the Continental Congress and the members of the Declaration made 86 changes to Jefferson's draft. -
Battle Of Trenton
Surprise attack, day after Christmas. General George Washington marched the Continental Army to Trenton, New Jersey. James Monroe fought in this war and was injured in it. -
Battle Of Saratoga
Turning point of the Revolutionary War. It secured a critical French alliegance with America. -
Battle of Yorktown
Known as the Seige of Yorktown. Final Battle of the Revolutionary War. Officially over after the Signing of the Treaty Of Paris. -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the Revolutionary War.
