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Stamp Act
document on tax about senging letters. -
Committees of Correspondence Established
The commitees in the different colonies, that spoke to each other about British and warned them about the different plans. -
Gaspee Affair
This is when a British ship (the HMS Gaspee) was enfoarcing trade laws that the colonist didn't agree with, so when they were chasing a boat called Hannah, the colonist attacked and burned the British ship. -
Boston Tea Party
December 1773 150 men dumped 342 chest of tea into the harbor. British made then pay it back. -
First Continental Congress
It was the first conference made up of 12 of the 13 colonist. It was in responce to the coercive acts. -
Coercive Acts
Coercive acts a.k.a The Intoleracle Acts was used to describe laws passed by the BritishParliament in 1774. It caused outrage snd resistance in the 13 colonies. Four of the acts were issued in direct responce to the Boston Tea Party. -
Paul Revere's Ride
It was the warning by Paul Revere to the colonists that british troops were on there way to attack -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
This was the first battles of the American Revolutionary war. 700 British soldiers were on a mission to destroy colonists military supplies. The colonist attacked. -
Second Continental Congress
The delegates agreed to hold a second continental congress if the crisis from the first continental congress and declaration of independence is not resolved. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle in Massachusetts -
Olive Branch Petiton
Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the continental congress in July 1775, in attemt to avoid full-blown war with Great Britian. The petition affirmed American loyalty to Great Britian and entrated the king to prevent further conflict. -
Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
It was king George III responding to the battle of Bunker Hill, elling the British to use the most force possible to stop the rebellions. -
Common Sense Published
challenged the British authority and royal monarchy -
Declaration of Independence
Was the document that was written by Thomas Jefferson to announce that the colonies viewed themselves as no longer being part of the British empire. -
British Evacuate Boston
Bostonians forced the British to back out
