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A colonial protest in which they dressed as indians and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. They were mad about being taxed without representation.
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The Intolerable acts were a set of laws for the Massachusetts colonists. These laws were meant to punish them for the Boston Tea Party.
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This was the military engagement of the Revolutionary war. Lexongton was a British victory and Concord was a Colonial victory.
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George Wahiongton excepts an assignment to lead the continental army. He was unanomously voted to do this job. After 6 years of struggke they had won.
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The continental congress met in Philadelphia and 12 out of the 13 colonies voted for independance. Thomas Jefferson, jhon Adams, Edward Rutledge,Benjamin Franklin, and Johon Hancock all signed.
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This battle was a defeat for the continenetal army under Washington and was a begining of a succesful campaigne. This gave Britain control of New York City.
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The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War.
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The surrender of Yorktown, The British surrender to the French.
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This treaty ended the revolutionary war. This treaty along with others gave support to America from Britain.