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The Stamp Act
The stamp act is when the British Empire made stexes on any printed material. These printed materials were legal documents such as money. It also included magazines, playing cards, newspapers and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that happened on March 5th 1770 between a "patriot" group throwing objects at the British soldiers. The British troops were not welcomed in the city of Boston, around 50 citizens attackted a British sentinal and a Bristish officer called in some more soldiers which were also attackted and so they shot into the crowd killing 3 people on the spot and wounded 8. The town meeting later on demanded the removal of the British and a trial for the ones who killed. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest done by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. The protesters disguised themsleves like American Indians and destroyed an entire ship of tea from Britain. They protested because of the Tea Act that had been set on May 10th 1773. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intoerable Acts happened in the year 1774 after The Boston Tea Party. The Intolerable Acts were known as the punitive laws passed by the British Parliament. The acts took away Massachusetts self-governemnt and historic rights which made the colonies mad. Four of the acts were made in direct response to the Boston Tea Party. The British Parlaiment hoped these acts would reverse the trend of colonial resistence to parliamentary authority. -
Battle at Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord started off the American Revolutionary War. There was tension between the colonies and the British soldiers. On April 18th 1775 hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm abd begain mobilizing to intercept the Redcoat column. A confrontation on the Lexington started the fighting. -
The Signing of the Decloration of Independence
The Decloration of Independence was a statement that said the thirteen colonies were independant states and were no longer a part of the British. The 56 people who signed the Decloration of Independance were all representatives of the 13 colonies who wanted to be free from the British. -
Winter at Valley Forge
Valley Forge in Pennsylvania was the site of the military camp of the American Continintal Army over the winter 1777 during the American Revolutionary War. Wahington marched its army to valley forge so they could keep an eye out on General Howe's british army. There were shortages of everything so the army got sick. -
Surrender of Yorktown
General Cornwallis brought 8,000 British troops to Yorktown, Virginia. They expected the british to help them by sending ships from New York, but those ships never showed up. General George Washington and the Continental Army saw this as an advantage and found a way to beat eh worlds largest empire.
