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Stamp Act
It was passed by the British. First internal tax paying for British Protection. -
Townshend Act
This is when the British started taxing everything. They taxed stuff like tea, lead, glass, paint colors and more. Money was used to pay royal governors. -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers killed five male Americans and injured six others on the street. British were harrassing the Americans with snowballs and sticks and other things and then it led to something worst. -
Boston Tea Party
the Destruction of the Tea in Boston. It was was a political protest. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. -
Second Continental Congress
a convention of delegates from the 13 Colonies that started meeting in 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is when they offically decided to separate from Great Britian -
Battle if Bunker Hill
It was a battle fought on June 17, 1775,in Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. -
Olive Branch Petition
Adopted by the Second Continental Congress. It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while keeping their loyalty to the British. -
Common sense
Common sense is a pamphlet by Thomas Paine that motivated and inspired people in the 13 colonies to get their independence from Great Britian. -
Declaration of Independence
It was a declaration on why the 13 colonies wanted independence. Most of this was written by Thomas Jefferson. It is also known as the "Birth Certificate of the United States" -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War in Trenton, New Jersey. -
Battle at Saratoga
The biggest American victory at the time. Approximately 5,000 British surrender to Washington -
Siege of Yorktown
A.K.A , the Battle of Yorktown, it resulted in the end of British land operations in the Thirteen Colonies -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the American Revolutionary War.
