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Stamp Act
Was the act of the British Parliament. Which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic. -
Boston Tea Party
Was known to contemporaries as the Destruction of the Tea. Also was a direct response to British taxation policies in the North American colonies. -
Lexington and Concord
Was the kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tensions had been building for many years between the Colonies and British. -
Bunker Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill, also called Battle of Breed’s Hill. First major battle of the American Revolution, fought in Charlestown. -
Common Sense
Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. Tomas Paine was the creator of the Common Sense act. -
Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress. Meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. -
Battle of Saratoga
The British goal in the Battle of Saratoga was to control Upstate New York in order to isolate New England from the Southern colonies. The British had to surrender. -
Battle of Trenton/Princeton
In the Battle of Trenton (December 26), Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. A week later he returned to Trenton to lure British forces south, then executed a daring night march to capture Princeton on January 3. -
Continental army wintering at valley forge
The encampment at Valley Forge took place from December 19, 1777 through June 19, 1778. And served as winter quarters for General George Washington's Continental Army. -
Battle of Yorktown
The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the siege of Little York, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory for the colonies. -
War in the south/Charleston
The Siege of Charleston was one of the major battles which took place towards the end of the American Revolutionary War, after the British began to shift their strategic focus towards fighting in the southern colonies.
