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Boston Massacre
it was an argument that led toa riot outside of the customs house Captain Preston of the 29th regiment arrived with 8 fellow redcoats to extract white from the square -
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boston tea party
Griffin wharf in Boston Massachuestts american colonists frustrates and angry at Britain for imposing taxation without representation -
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Passage of the intolerable acts
the Coercive acts known as the intolerable acts in the american colonies were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts bay for the boston Tea Party -
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Continental Congress
First Continental Congress was prompted by the coercive acts know in america as the intolerable acts which parliament passed in early 1774 to reassert its dominance over the american colonies following the Boston Tea party -
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paul Reveres ride
it was to race to concord to warn patriots Samuel Adams and john Hancock that British troops 700 of them were marching to concord to arrest them -
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battles of Lexington and Concord
The shot heard round the world marked the start of the American war of independence it persuaded many Americans to take up arms and support the cause of independence -
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battle of bunker hill
new England soldiers faced the British Army for the first time in a pitched battle known as the battle of bunker hill blood fighting took place throughout hilly -
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Creation of the Declaration of Inpendence Congress
The Congress Declared its freedom from Great Britain when it approved a resolution in a unanimous vote after voting on independence on July 2 the group needed to draft a document explaining the move to the public -
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battles of saratoga
Turning point in the American struggle for independence it also had a direct impact on the career of General George washington -
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Treaty of Paris
This treaty signed between the american colonies and Great britain ended the american revolution and formally recognized the United states as an independent nation