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Stamp Act
*tax on legal documents
*required a stamp be bought for all legal documents such as playing cards, newspapers, ect. -
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American REvolutionary Timeline
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Townshend Act
*taxed paper, tea, paint, glass, ect.
*used for "the support of civil government" in the colonies
*colonies saw it as tax without reasons -
Boston Masacre
*drunken mobs harrasses British soldiers
*soldiers killed 3, wound 2, and injured 6.
*soldier later get in trouble for it -
Boston Tea Party
*colonist desqiused as Mowhawk Indians, went aboard three tea ships and dumped fourty five tons of tea -
Intolerable Acts
*Boston parts shut down until money is caught back up -
Second Continental Congress
*The same people came
*The new people are Ben Franklin, John Hancock, and Thomas Jefferson -
Batter of Bunker Hill
*American troops occupied two hills north of Boston Breeds Hill and Bunker Hill -
Olive Branch Petition
*an attempt to understand the rights of the colonists while staying true to their loyalty to the British Crown. -
'Common Sense' is Published
*published by Thomas Pain
*describes how government should be
*written so everyone can read it -
Declaration of Independance
*written by Thomas Jefferson
*states the reasons of independence of the colonies
*devided into four parts -
Battle of Trenton
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Battle of Saratoga
- General Burgoyne wanted to cut New England off from other colonies *Americans weren't happy with his idea *Burgoyne Surrendered
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Battle of Yorktown
*Washington's and Lafayette's troops join together
*their army is twice the size of Britian's Cornwallis
*Cornwallis surrenders -
Treaty of Paris
*ends Revolutionary War
*Great Britian recognizes the independence of the USA.
