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Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773, took place when a group of Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea importation recently granted by Parliament to the East India Company, seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor. -
Coercive Acts
Coercive acts stripped Massachusetts of self-government and historic rights, triggering outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies. They were key developments in the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775. -
Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress was met in Philadelphia, PA and in response to the Intolerable acts, created a continental army with George Washington as the commander. -
Lexington & Concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. The British intentions to destroy all the military supply stored for the Massachusetts militia sparked this war. -
Olive Branch Petition
An attempt by John Dickinson to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown, the king however ignored it. -
Attack on Breed's Hill (Bunker Hill)
Two-day engagement between British forces under the command of General William Howe and American forces under Colonel William Prescott. The Americans had occupied Breed's Hill in Charlestown on June 16, 1775, in order to protect the shipyard of nearby Boston. The next day, the British attacked. They took the hill but suffered heavy losses. The Americans fired until they were out of ammunition, then quickly retreated. -
The Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms
A document issued by the Second Continental Congress to explain why the colonies had taken up arms in what had become the American Revolutionary War. -
Common Sence by Thomas Paine
Triggered a realization in the colonies of all that the
British had been doing to them, including taxes, laws, acts and overall controll of the colonies. This inspirational piece of writing later was what convinced the Continental Congress to write the Declaration of Independence and send it to the British declaring final independence and separation. -
Battle of Saratoga
Comprising two significant battles during September and
October of 1777, was a crucial victory for the Patriots during the American Revolution and is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War. The Battle was the impetus for France to enter the war against Britain, re-invigorating Washington’s Continental Army and providing much needed supplies and support. -
France Reocognizes the US as Soverign Nation and aids them
Contributed masses of their own soldiers and other valuable resources, they helped to ensure that the War would be won by the Revolutionaries.