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American Revolution Timeline
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Stamp Act
Tax on all legal documents. Required that a stamp be bought for all legal documents and other items such as playing cards and newspaper. -
Townshend Act
Parliament puts british duties on imported goods to America. -
Boston Massacre
Drunken American men started throwing snowballs at british troops. British troops got angry and they fired shots, killing 3. -
Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty paint their faces as indians, go aboard ships in the harbor, and throw 4 million dollars worth of tea overboard. -
Intolerable Act
All commercial shipping in Boston is shut down until taxes are paid. -
2nd Continental Congress
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Battle of Bunker Hill
North of Boston at Breeds and Bunker hills.
British killed a lot of people. -
Olive Branch Petition
Final attempt to avoid a full-blown war between Britain and the Colonies. -
Common Sense: Thomas Paine - Published.
Important document that the founding fathers modeled the Constitution after. -
Declaration of Independance
Written and helped by the founding fathers to break away from english rule. -
Trenton
Battle occured during the morning of December 26th. George and his crew nearly froze to death, sailing across the river. -
Battle at Saratoga
This was the turning point of the war. General Burgoyne led the Americans to victory in this battle. -
Yorktown
It was the last major engagement between the Americans and British. This battle was led by George Washington. -
Treaty of Paris
This treaty ended the Revolutionary War.
