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Sons of Liberty
The sons of liberty were a grassroot group of instigators and provocateurs in America who used a extreme form of civil disobedience. Sometimes they would also result in violence. -
Stamp Act of 1765
In 1765 the stamp act was passed by British Parliament. It had helped pay troops stationed during the seven years war. this stamp was on almost every form of paper. -
Townshed Act of 1767
The Townshed act initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. With the n ew taxes the colonies decided to discourage the purchase of British imports. -
Boston Massacre
British sentries guarded the Boston Customs House started shooting into a crowd of people. They killed three men and injured eight, two of them terribly. -
First Continental Congress Meets
The first Continental Congress in the U.S. meet in Philadelphia to consider its reaction to British governments restraints on tr5ade after the Boston Tea Party. After about 7 weeks of debates they agreed to boycott of British goods within colonies as a sign of protest. -
Second Continental Congress meets
The Second Continental Congress met inside the Independence hall beginning in May 1775. It was a month after shots were fired at Lexington and Concord Massachusetts. The congress was preparing for war. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
In the Battle of Bunker Hill American patriots were defeated. The fight confirmed that you can no longer reconciliation between England and American colonies. -
Olive branch petition sent to England
The petition was send to the King as a last attempt to prevent war from being declared. it showed loyalty to the British crown and their rights as British citizens -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense published
Common Sense made a clear case for independence. It attacked the economic, political, and ideological obstacles to achieve it. -
Battle of Trenton
After New Jersey crossed the Delaware Rive in a very bad storm. George Washington's army defeated a lot of Hessian mercenaries at Trenton. It had set the stage for another success at Princeton a week later. -
Battle of Lexington
Lexington was not a serious military defeat. But it was very politically harmful for Britain. -
Battle of Camden
British victory in SC was one of the crazy defeats ever inflicted on American army. That took place in the american revolution. -
Battle of Yorktown
Washington's forces defeated Lord Charles Cornwallis in Yorktown Virginia. The victory at Yorktown led to peace negotiations that ended the war in 1782. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty was signed on September 3rd 1783 by American colonies and Great Britain. it had ended the American Revolution and had officially mad the U.S a independent nation. -
3/5 Compromise
The 3/5 Compromise was all around states during 1787 Constitutional Conventional. It had determined that 3 out of every 5 slaves counted when determining a states total population.