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Stamp Act
As a result, the British had to place a sizable military force in North America and on 22 March 1765, the British Parliament approved the Stamp Act, aiming to generate funds for this army by imposing a tax on all legal and official documents and publications in the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre is a clash between the British troops and townspeople before the revolutionary war -
Committees of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence were provisional Patriot emergency governments established in response to British policy on the eve of the American Revolution throughout the Thirteen Colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
340 chests of tea were ruined in Boston Harbor on the evening of December 16, 1773, in what is known as the Boston Tea Party. This political and commercial protest was a crucial event leading to the American Revolutionary War and, ultimately, American independence. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
It marked the start of the American War of Independence. Politically a mess for the British, it also persuaded many Americans to take up arms and support the cause of independence. -
Second Continental Congress
They met to plan further responses if the British government did not repeal or modify the acts. The American Revolutionary War had started by that time. -
Declaration of Independence
The 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. -
Battle of Saratoga
It was a turning point in the Revolutionary War. American defeat of the superior British army lifted patriot morale, furthered the hope for independence war, and helped to secure the foreign support needed to win the war.