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Boston Tea Party
A 1773 protest in which colonists dressed as Indians and dumped British Tea into the Boston Harbor -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were the American Patriots' term for a series of punishment laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. -
Lexington and Concord
1775 conflicts between Massachusetts colonists and British soliders that started the Revolutionary War. The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. -
Washington Becomes Head of Army
He was chosen based on his previous military experience and the hope that a leader from Virginia could help unite the colonies. John Adams pointed out there were also great political advantages in having someone outside of New England take command of a military force that was congregated around Boston and largely made up of New Englanders. -
Declaration of Independence Signed
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence is defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence has three parts: Natural Rights, British Wrongs. and Independence. -
Battle of Long Island
The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn or the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, fought on August 27, 1776, was a defeat for the Continental Army under General George Washington and the beginning of a successful campaign that gave the British control of the strategically important city of New York. -
Battle of Saratoga
Ended October 7, 1777. The first major American victory in the Revolution, which ended the British threat to New England. -
Battle of Yorktown
September 28, 1781 – October 19, 1781. Final battle in the Revolution; this 1781 American victory in Virginia forced the British to surrender. -
Paris Peace Treaty
Peace treaty between the United States and Britain, ratified in 1783,that recognized the U.S. as an independent nation.