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1000 red coats
allowed indivsual soliders soliders to easily duisguish from freinds or foes. -
sugar act
it reduced the tax on malasses -
stamp act
to raise money for britians army through papers and stamps -
quartering act
when britian soliders would take over the civilians house and beet them or kick them out. -
declaroty act
parliment could make laws binding the american colonies. -
townshed act
taxed goods imported to the american colony. -
the boston massacre
red coats clash with the colonists -
tea act
giving all control of the trades and delivery of tea to the east india company. -
boston tea party
members of son of liberty dumped 342 chests of tea into the ocean -
the intolerable acts
the one with all the acts with country names in it -
first continetal congress
the first continental congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 british colonies that met to deal with the intolerable acts georgia was the only colony that did not send a representive to the congress they agree to boycott british goods at first if parliment would not repeal the intolerable acts. -
midnight ride of paul revere
a British patrol intercepted all three men Prescott and Dawes escaped Revere was held for some time questioned and then let go. -
lexington and concord
the day were the independence war started to begin. -
second continetal congress
formal meeting of delegates from the American colonies to form a provisional government together to make decisions about the war with Britain over American independence. -
2nd Continental Congress
the formal meeting of delegates from the American colonies to form a provisional government together to make decisions about the war with Britain over American independence -
bunker hill
british had beat americans -
Common Sense
a 47 page pamphlet written by thomas paine -
Washington arrives at Boston with Continental Troops
General George Washington arrived in the Boston area to take charge of the newly established Continental army -
British Surrender Boston
british is froced to evacuate boston -
Votes for Independence
only 9 of the colonies voted this day -
Declaration of Independence signed
Richard Henry Lee, George Wythe, Elbridge Gerry, Oliver Wolcott, Lewis Morris, Thomas McKean, and Matthew Thornton signed the document after August 2, 1776. -
fort Ticonderoga
the first offensive victory for American forces in the Revolutionary War.