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Stamp Act
An act from the British parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal documents. -
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre was a street fight where the colonist threw stones, snowballs,sticks, ect, that made the patriots irritated enough to shoot -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile by the sons of liberty in Boston MA -
Common Sense
common sense is written by Thomas Paine about setting forth the arguments in favor of American Independence. -
Lexington concord
the battles of Lexington and concord signaled the start of the american Revolutionary war -
Bunker Hill
the battle of bunker hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the siege Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
according to constitutionfaacts.com independence was formally declared on July 2, 1776, a date that John Adams believed would be “the most memorable epoch in the history of America.” On July 4, 1776, Congress approved the final text of the Declaration. It wasn't signed until August 2, 1776. -
battle of Trenton and Princeton
according to history.com General George Washington’s army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. 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. -
battle of Saratoga
according to history.com Fought eighteen days apart in the fall of 1777, the two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. -
Continental Army wintering at Valley Forge
Valley Forge was a base that general Washington and his troops rested for the winter because the British army captured the capital in Philadelphia. wintering means to slow down and get ready to fight again. -
War in the South/Charleston
The Siege of Charleston was a major engagement fought between March 29 to May 12, 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. The British, following the collapse of their northern strategy in late 1777 and their withdrawal from Philadelphia in 1778, shifted their focus to the American Southern Colonies -
Yorktown
according to history.com On this day in 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.
