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Treaty of Paris
Formally ended the revolutionary war. -
Stamp Act
Tax on legal documents. Required that a stamp be bought for all legal documents and other itmes such as playing cards, newpaper, etc. -
Townshend Act
Named after british officor Charles Townshend. Parliament duties on imported goods. -
Boston Massacre
A drunken mob harrasses british soldiers who then fire their muskets point blank into the crowd. Killing 5, and wounding some. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dressed as indians, go aboard ships and pour all the tea into the water. -
Intolerable Acts
The Patriot name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament. -
Second Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
American troops occupied two hills north of boston. -
Olive Branch Petition
In July 1775, the Second Continental Congress made a final effort to seek reconciliation with Britain and end the fighting. -
Declaration of Independence
A document written by Thomas Jefferson. -
Common Sense is published
A pamphlet written by Thomas Painen that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain. -
Trenton
Fought during the American Revolutionary war and it took place near Trenton, New Jersey. The battle was fought between the Americans against the Hessians and British troops after the Americans lost the battle in New York and were forced to retreat through New Jersey. -
Battle of Saratoga
Another british army led by general burboyne objective was to out new england off from the rest of the colonies. -
Yorktown
Washington troops gather with british troops. Cornwalls is left to face an army twice the size of his own.
