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Quartering Act of 1765
An edict was passed to provide housing in the colonies for the British. this required any household to provide shelter for British soldiers during the revolutionary war. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a direct tax on documents such as magazines and newspapers. The British imposed this act to help pay for the French and Indian War. It coined the term "no taxation without representation." -
Gaspee Affair
A group of colonists raided the British ship "HMS Gaspee" in an act of defiance to prevent customs inspectors. It took place in Rhode Islande, and they burned the ship afterward. The British were entirely outraged. -
Formation of Committee of Correspondence
The committee of correspondence was formed to create an easier way to alert all the colonies of impending danger/threats from the British. It was a way to spread news. It eventually led to the creation of the First Continental Congress. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of around 170 Bostonians ganged together and responded to a tea tax by raiding a ship from the British East India Company, and dumping the tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Boston Port Act (Coersive act)
This outlawed the use of ports in Boston. It was formed in a response to the Boston Tea Party. -
Massachusetts Government Act (Coersive Act)
In another response to the Boston Tea Party, Britain repealed the charter of Massachusetts. Many town meetings were prohibited, and Massachusetts lost its ability to elect its own executive council. -
Murder Act (Coersive Act)
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Quartering Act of 1774
The Quartering act was reinstated, and it allowed the British to take up residency of any colonial house of their choosing, but also let the royal governor house them in other living quarters if suitable ones were unobtainable. -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act expanded the province of Quebec to cover much of western America. This enraged both Native Americans, who were driven from their land, and Colonists, who were no longer allowed to settle farther west. -
First Contintental Congress
The First Continental Congress was held to find a solution to the Coersive Acts. All colonies except Georgia sent delegates to attend. It eventually reached the conclusion to boycott all British Goods. -
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
Paul Revere Rode from Lexington to Concord to alert colonists that the British were coming to seize the colonists' illegal weaponry. The colonists were alerted and successfully fought the British before they were able to seize weapons. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fights over illegal weaponry housed by the Colonists. "The shot heard around the world" occured at one of these battles. The colonists were ultimately successful, and fought off the British. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was formed to unite the colonies during the war. All colonies attended, although Georgia joined later than the rest. It managed the armies and strategies. It eventually produced the Declaration of Independence. -
George Washington Appointed General
George Washington was appointed general of the colonial army for his exemplary work. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the Seige of Boston, and it was Washington's first battle as general. Although technically a loss for the colonists, the British suffered major casualties, and it demonstrated that the colonists were able to stand up to the British's massive army. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was written by the Second Continental Congress to proclaim their loyalty to the king in order to avoid war. However, it was rejected by Britian, and thus caused a campaign for a full war in the colonies. -
Proclamation for suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
This was a response from the king to the Battle of Bunker Hill declaring that the British were to take any means necessary to supress a rebellion from the colonists, and that was exactly what had been happening. -
Common Sense Published
Common Sense was a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in an effort to urge the colonists to become aware that it was time to split from British rule. It was originally published anonymously, and it was one of the biggest successes of the Revolutionary War period. -
British Forced to Evacuate Boston
General Howe ordered the British troops leave Boston after the Seige of Boston ended. They were sent back to Britian a week later with over 11,000 people. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a document drafted by Thomas Jefferson to declare the unity of the colonies into united states, and free from the British. This effectively ended most of the war, although there were still acts of fighting between the states and Britian. -
British Pull out of Virginia
The British finally leave the United States and end the war forever after the final ship leaves port.
