American Revolutionary War (Sabian Boyd)

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    American Revolutionary War

  • Stamp Act

    Issued and required taxes for all stamps on mail.

  • Townshend Acts

    Taxes are imposed on tea, glass, paper, and paints. Citizens started to boycott and troops were then sent in.

  • Boston Massacre

    Troops snap and kill 5 militiamen including an African-American man named Cripus Attucks.

  • Boston Tea Party

    In response to the violence and the unresolved issue of the taxes, the Sons of Liberty, led by Paul Revere and Samuel Adams, dumped all tea that ships had brought, in to the Boston Harbor.

  • First Continental Congress

    Lit the greviences against the British Government. End date: October 26, 1774

  • "Shot Heard 'Round the World"

    The war officially starts with the one shot fired from an unkown location.

  • The Revolutionary War starts

  • Second Continental Congress

    Convention of the war and named George Washington as the Commander in Cheif.

  • Battle of Saratoga (Freeman's Farm)

    The British wins the first Battle of Saratoga that lasts until sunset of that day with casualties of about equal numbers.

  • Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights)

    The US colonies win their second battle at Saratoga.