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Commities of Corespondance
NO SPECIFIC DATE. This commity was the ones that started the Boston Tea Party. The Commity was founded by Samuel Adams. The Committees of Correspondence became the building blocks on which national unity could begin to build its foundation. -
Protest of the Stamp Act
In March 1765 the British Parliament encted a Stamp act to the American Colonies. The Act stated that the Americans be taxed on many different kinds of paper goods. The tax was about half a penny but it still led to protests againt the British. The protests started with petitions, the people who signed the petitions stated that they refused to pay the taxes imposed on them. After the British kept the tax there were more violent protests -
Stamp Act
This act was made for the colonies to have a tax on every piece of printed paper bought. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. The money collected was to help the defense of the places near the Appalachian Mountains. -
Gaspee Affair
The HMS Gaspee was a ship sent to aid the Enforcement of Customs and Inspections in Rhode Island. At the time Rhode Island was a prime spot for smuggling. When the Gaspee was chasing a boat called the Hannah, the Hannah went into shallow water that the Gaspee could not enter. That day after they went to investigate the boat Lieytenant Dudingston was shot and wounded by Joseph Bucklin. churches used the Gaspee Affair to warn people about greedy monarchs -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party on December 16, 1773 was a result of the Tea act parliament passed earlier in May. The patriots were angered that the taxes woud be raised on tea and decided to throw 92,000 pounds of tea in the Boston Harbor -
Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts, or Restraining acts were created by King George III after the events of the Boston Tea Party. the acts are ment to restrain the american colonies so that nothing of the sort happens again. -
Quebec Act
This act was an attempt to answer questions that had arisen during the attempt to make Canada a province of the North American colonies. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve North American colonies they met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The congress was called because of the Coercive Actsby the British Parliament. -
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere was a silver smith turned mesenger for the patriots. On the night of his ride he warned people about the british troops that were coming through Concord. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Tis was the battle that started the revolutionary war in 1775. This was also the night that Paul Revere road out and warned the people that the red coats were coming. -
Second Continental Crongress
In May 1775, with Redcoats storming Boston, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia. The Congress made George Washington suprem commander. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
To defend themselves from the British, the American's set up a bunker on Bunker hill and Breed hill on the Charlestown Peninsula. The next morning the American's were threatening the British which was unheard of. It was a British military custom that the British were the ones to iniciate a fight. The British started to aproach the American's and then fought them. -
George Washington's Appointed to General
On June 19,1775 the Continental congress apointed George Washington Commander and Cheif of the Continental Army. George Washington went imidietly to Massachusett's to the Army and led them through the Revolutionary War. -
The Olive Branch Petition
On July 5, 1775, the Continental Congress adopted a petition called the Olive branch Petition. The Petition was written by Andrew Dickinson. This petition was for King George III and was for reconciliation between the colonies and England. -
Proclamation for Suppressing Rebelion and Sedition
This was passed by the king after the growing hostilities in North America. It was passed to stop the growing hostilities -
Common Sense Published
Common Sense was a pamphlet writen by Thomas Paine. The pamphlet was ment to advocate independence for the American colonies from Britain. -
The British Evacuate Boston
On March 17, 1776 the British were forced to evacuate Boston by George Washington. On the 4th of March American Brigadier General John Thomas, was ordered to bring a small army, and workers to Dorchester Heights to fortify the area. To cover the sound of the working the American's shot cannons from another location. In the morning about a dozen cannons showed up at the Heights from Fort Ticonderoga. The Americans hoped to shoot the British ships with the cannons. -
Writing of the Declaration of Independance
The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson on June 11,1776. This Document was written to separate the colonies from Great Britian, and the king. -
The Declaration of Independence
Tis document was created in June to July in 1776 and was signed by 56 people to the Contionental Congress. The purpose of the document was to separate the colonists from Great Britain. -
British Surrender and pull out of Virginia
On October 17 - 19 1781 the British troops pulled out of Virginia. At the battle of Yorktown the British decided to surrender, they had lost many men in this battle and past ones. The American and French Armies lined up on one side of Hampton road as the british took the other side. The British then anounced their surrender by casing their colors and playing a tune called "The World Turned Upside Down". This ended the last major action of the Rvolutionary War even though the war ended about that
