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Christmas in the Continental Amry
Henry Clinton took over Georgia. -
Women Take Action
Women start to get more involved in the war by following their husbands into war. -
The Stamp Act
This where people needed a stamp on every document they owned. This is important because this was the only way they can pay their taxes. -
The Townshend Acts
This was a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies.This was important because this angered the colonists a lot. -
British Soldiers occupy Boston
British troops land in Boston to enforce the Townshend duties and pin down on local radicals. This is important because their presence upsetted a lot of people. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an event where 9 British soldiers shot 5 people in the crowd of 300-400 who were verbally abusing them . -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest that happened in Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. -
The Coercive Acts
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament. This was important because this was punishing the colony of Massachusetts Bay because of the Boston Tea Party. -
Southern Campaigns
This was the central theater of military operations in the second half of the Revolutionary War. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
They were the first engagements with the military that were in the American Revolutionary war. -
War Begins
The first shots of the Revolutionary War are fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. The news of the bloodshed rockets along the eastern seaboard, and thousands of volunteers converge called "Minute Men" on Cambridge, Mass. These are the beginnings of the Continental Army. -
The British Attacks the Coastal Towns
British raids on American coastal towns. This is important because this contributed to a general deterioration of relations between Great Britain and her American colonies. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Advocated Independence from Great Britain. This was important because this made a clear case for independence which means this attacked the British which blamed them for political, economic, and ideological obstacles. -
Declaration of Independence
The declaration of independence gave our country some kind of freedom. This is important because this gave us the right to go against the government. -
War in the North
The plan called for Burgoyne to advance south from Canada, up to Lake Champlain, capture Ft. Ticonderoga, and then march south along the Hudson to Albany. This is important because this was a turning point in the revolutionary war. -
Battle of Valley Forge
This was an event where a disease killed about 2,000 people. This was important , not just because a lot of people died but, the plot of 1777-78 winter encampment of the Continental Army under General George Washington. -
Slaves ran away
They ran away because they wanted freedom. They got "traded". -
Battle of York Town
This event proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. This is important because the surrender led to ending the British Rule in other colonies and starting a new nation. The United States. -
Aftermath
Loyalists left America. -
The End
The Treaty of Paris ended the war.