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Protest of the Stamp Act
After the stamp act was passed, petitions were first used to protest. The protests then became more radical by people refusing to pay the taxes, and eventually property damage and harrasment of officials were methods used to protest. -
Stamp Act
Act passed by British Parliament saying that Americans now had to pay a tax on every peice of paper that they used. The money that came from this was used to pay for protecting and defending the american frontier. -
Gaspee Affair
The Gaspee Affair was the burning of the British ship Gaspee. British reactions to this event sparked the colonists fury at the British and ignited American patriotism. This event led to the Revolutionary War by helping to unite the colonies. The ship was burned because the colonists thought the ship being in Naragausett Bay was a nusseance. -
Commities of Correspondance
Provisional patriot emergency governments established in response to British policy on the eve of the American Revolution thruoghout the 13 colonies. Served as a vast network of communication throughout the 13 colonies between patriot leaders. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when a group of Massachusettes patriots dressed as Native Americans protested the monopoly on American tea importation, recentley granted by PArliment to the East India Company. They did this by throwing 342 chests of tea of off three ships at midnight into the harbor. The tea was worth about 3/4 a million dollars. -
Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts are the British's response to the Boston Tea Party. They closed Boston Harbor to trade with until the owners of the tea were compensated. Only food and fire wood were allowed into the port. Also town meetings were banned, and the authority of the royal govener increased. Another response was General Gage was appointed govener of Massachusetts. -
Quebec Act
It was passed shortly after the Coercive Acts recognizing the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec, appointed a council for decision making, and expanded the boundary of Quebec. American colonists became angered at this since they seemed to believe the land was theirs. -
First Continental Congress
Representatives from all the colonies , except Georgia, met with no clear objective but they soon decided they needed to make the king understand their greivances. Also they agreed they had to communicate the same to America as the rest of the world. They also considered a plan of union between Great Britian and the 13 colonies but was soon discarded. This association was mainly planned to stop the importation of English goods and also to enforce and regulate the opposition to Great Britian. -
Paul Revere's Ride
Dr Joseph Warren of Boston sent for Paul Revere and gave him the task of riding to Lexington with the news that regular troops were about to march into the countryside. Revere contacted a friend and instructed him to show two lanterns in the tower of christ church as a signal incase he could not leave the town. He informed the colonel of the British coming. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord consisted of British troops marching from Boston to Concord in order to seize an arm cache. Paul Revere warned the colonists and the militia began moving to intercept the Redcoats. A shot was fired in Lexington which started the war. British ended up retreating under the intense fire from the colonists. This was important because it was the militias first major win of a battle. -
Second Continental Congress
Elected officials from each of the 13 colonies gathered in Philidelphia and established a militia as the continental army to represent the colonies. -
George Washington Appointed General
The continental congress elected George Washington as the general of the continental army. This was a unanimous decision. Generals would usually be paid but George requested that money was not necessary. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
During the Battle of Bunker Hill the colonists planned to lead an assult on the British, while a group of light infantry would go up the Mystic Shore. Dissapointingly the colonists plan failed and the British won the battle. The battle was not a complete fail for the colonists though because the British left with a new appretiation for the colonists and their capabilities. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was a petition written by John Dickinsons to adjust the relationship between the colonies and Britiain. The Americans expressed their grievences , but the king denied the petition. -
Proclamation for Supressing Rebellion and Sedition
This proclamation was instated after the Battle of Lexington and Concord. It stated the colonies stood in an open rebellion to his authority and could be severley punished along with Brithish subjects who fail to report any knowledge about rebellion or concperiacy. This tranformed loyal sujects of the British to rebels. -
British Evacuate Boston
British had to leave Boston after George Washington's sucessful placement of fortifications and cannons on Dorchester Heights, which over looks the city. -
Writing of the Declaration of Independence
The Continetal Congress met in Philadelphia planning to vote for independence from England. The congress chose a comitee to draft the Declaration of Independence. This comitee consisted of Jonh Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jedderson, Robert L. Livingston, and Roger Shermon. They then chose Thomas Jefferson to write it. -
Declaration of Independance
The declaration of Independence is the document in which the 13 colonies delclared their independence from Britian. This document was based on a theory of natural righgts, and on the beleifs of a democratic government and "all men are created equal' This document was written when the colonists won the Revolutionary War against the British. -
Common Sense Published
Thomas Paine published a pamphlet that contained his arguments for American Independance. It united citizens and spread the idea of Independance. It also influenced the start of the American Revolution. -
British Pulled out of Virginia
Patriot troops attacked and defeated Virginian govener Dunmore's troops near Norflolk, Virginia.The British pulled their troops out of Virgina,leaving the Patriots in control.
