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The Sugar Act
The earlier molasses act of 1733, which had imposed a tax of six pence per gallon of molasses, had never been efectivly collected due to coloniel invasion. By reducing the rate of half and increasing measures to inforce the tax, the British hoped the tax would actually be collected. -
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The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed by the british Parliment specifically on the colonies of British America. The act required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed begining in 1767 by parliment of Great Britian relating to the British colonies in North America. -
Boston Massacre
British troops were stationed in Boston and killed five civilmen on March 5, 1770 which became known as the Boston Riot (Boston Massacre) -
The Tea Act
The objective was to undercut the price of tea smuggled into Britian's North American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
After the officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britian. A group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into the Boston Harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
These acts triggered outrage and resistance in the thirteen colonies, that later became the United States. -
The First Continental Congress
Twelve delegates from the thirteen colonies came to discuss the inolerable acts. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord took place in Boston, Massachusettes. The British suffered a heavy loss while the Americans took this win as an encourageing start to the war! -
The Second Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies that got together to manage colonial war effort. -
The Battle of Bunkerh Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on the Charleston Peninsula on the North side of Boston Harbor. This was Considered another defeat from the Americans. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine plainely styled writings were the first to ask for independence from Great Britian -
Decleration of Independence
Declared independence between America and Great Britian -
The Battle of Long Island, New York
The Battle of New York otherwise known as the Battle of Long Island took place in New York USA. The Britished forced the Americans out of New York -
The Battle Of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton took place in Trenton, New Jersey on the Delaware River. Another Victory for the American troops. -
The Battle of Brandywine Creek
The Battle of Brandywine Creek took place in Pennslyvannia wes of Philidelphia. This battle was a British defeat. -
The Battle of Saragtoga
The Battle of Saratoga took place in Saratoga on the Hudson River in New York state. -
Valley Forge
Named for an iron forge on Valley Creek, the area was close enough to the British to keep the raiding and foraging parties out of the interior of Pennsylvania. -
The Siege of Charleston
The Siege of Charlesotn was one of the major battles that took place during the American Revolutionary war, after the British began to shift there focus towards the Amercian southern colonies. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown took place in Virginia, USA. The Americans took responsibily of the win. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris signed on September 3, 1783 ended the American Revolutionary war between Great Britian on one hand and the USA and its allies on the other.
