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Revolutionary War
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Stamp Act
This Act was passed by Parliament which allowed taxation on documents and printed items. -
Sons of Liberty
Many coloinst joined together in secret to protest against the law. -
Declatory Act
The Stamp Act was repealed but the Declatory Act was passed the same day. It allowed Parliament to blind and shut out the colonies and the people living there. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act taxed goods coming into the colonies. This caused many coloinst to boycott British goods. -
Boston Massacre
On this day a fight broke out between the Bristish soldiers and the coloinst. This added to the extreme tension between these two forces. -
Tea Act
The Act allowed the British East Indian Company to not tax colonist on tea. This did not change the colonist mind, they stayed strong and boycotted. -
Boston Tea Party
On this Decemeber day a group of Boston Colonist dressed up as Native Americans threw tea off a ship anchored in the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
In 1774, Parlament passed a series of Acts that the colonist named the Intolerable Acts. -
First Continental Congress
In Septmember 1774, 56 colonist met in Philadelphia and came up with ideas for colonial rights. -
Lexington and Concord
The first battle of the American Revolution between the colonist and the British soliders. The colonist gain a great lead after this short battle. -
Second Coninental Congress
Colonial leaders met for a second time to discuss their next move in the Revolutionary War. -
Common Sense
Wriiten by Thomas Paine, 50 page pamphlet that was against King George and the monarchy. -
Declaration Of Independence
Early summer of 1776, Continental Congress wrote a document about John Locke's natural rights "Life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness." -
Battle of NY
Britian with the help from German soldiers thousands of ships into the New York harbor. -
Battle of Trenton
On a cold Christmas night, Washington, led the colonist across the Delaware River for surprise attack. -
Battle of Saratoga
On October 17, American troops surrounded, British General Buroyne, which led to his surrender. -
Battle of Yorktown
Americans defeated the world's greatest military force, Britian. -
Treaty of Paris
Delegates signed this document that confirmed the colonist their independence as the U.S.
