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Boston Massacre
Date: 3/5/1770
Location: Boston
Important people involved: Crispus Attucks, John Adams and Thomas Preston
Groups of people involved: British soldiers and colonists
Why this event was significant: worsen the relationship between British and American colonists; it's the blasting fuse of America Revolution -
Boston Tea Party
political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts
The Tea Party was the culmination of a resistance movement throughout British America against the Tea Act
Parliament responded in 1774 with the Coercive Acts, or Intolerable Acts, which, among other provisions, ended local self-government in Massachusetts and closed Boston's commerce
Samuel Adams, Benjamin Edes, and John Hancock were in the sons of liberty in Boston.
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First Continental Congress
Fifty-six delegates from all the colonies except Georgia drafted a declaration of rights and grievances and elected Virginian Peyton Randolph as the first president of Congress in Philadelphia.
Patrick Henry, Roger Sherman, Samuel Adams, John Adams Joseph Galloway, John Dickinson, John Jay, and Edward Rutledge have attended to the congress.
Declaration and Resolves was signed and Continental Association was passed reacting to the intolerable Act. Send the Petition to the King.
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Battle of Lexington & Concord
first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.Eight militiamen were killed.The British suffered only one casualty. They first fought at Lexington then to Concord.Involved a British officer John Parker in Lexington and James Barrett from militias in Concord. The militias in Concord were worn by Samuel Prescott. http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/americanrevolution -
Second Continental Congress
Known as the Philadelphia Congress, was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies. Made over issues of the blockade and the Intolerable Acts penalizing the Province of Massachusetts. Passed a resolution asserting independence, with no opposing vote recorded. The Declaration of Independence was issued.Involved George Washington, Patrick Henry, John Adams and Samuel Adams
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Battle of Bunker Hill
majority of combat took place on the adjacent hill which later became known as Breed's Hill.1,200 colonial troops under the command of William Prescott stealthily occupied Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill. A Pyrrhic victory for the British(small victory) The battle had demonstrated that inexperienced militia were able to stand up to regular army troops in battle. Subsequently, the battle discouraged the British from any further frontal attacks against well defended front lines. totallyhistory.com -
Battle of Trenton
Date: 12/26/1776
Location: Trenton, New Jersey, on the Delaware River in the United States of America
Important people involved: General George Washington，British General Charles Cornwallis and Hessian Colonel Rahl
Groups of people involved: Americans, Hessians and British troops
Who won: Americans
Why this event or battle was significant: because it's George Washington’s iconic victory and it re-invigorated the American Revolution -
Battle of Saratoga
Date: 10/17/1777
Location: Saratoga on the Hudson River in New York State
Important person(s) involved: Major General John Burgoyne and Major General Horatio Gates.
groups of people involved: British, German troops and Americans.
Who won: Americans
Why this event or battle was significant: the British surrendered.
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Treaty of Alliance
Date: 2/6/1778
Location: Paris
Important people involved: Benjamin Franklin King Louis XVI
Groups of people involved: American and French
Why this event or battle was significant: American had the help from France, making the victory been more secure. -
Battle of Guildford Courthouse
Date: 3/15/1781
Location: North Carolina in America
Important people involved: Major-General Lord Cornwallis and Major-General Nathaniel Greene
groups of people involved: British and the Americans
Who won: British
Why this battle was significant: The British won the war at a huge cost. They didn't have enough soldiers to fight in the following-up wars, so they could only surrender. -
Battle of Yorktown
Date: 10/19/1781
Location: Virginia
Important people involved: General Washington, Lieutenant-General de Rochambeau and Major-General Lord Cornwallis
Groups of people involved: Americans, French, British and German
Who won: The Americans and French
Why this battle was significant: it's the end for Britain in the American Colonies; the battle was the last major battle on land, and the British government decided to negotiate and end the war. -
Treaty of Paris
signed in Paris ended the American Revolutionary War.This treaty and the separate peace treaties between Great Britain and the nations that supported the American cause — France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic. Also set the he borders of America.
Representing the United States were Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Henry Laurens, and John Adams. David Hartley and Richard Oswald represented Great Britain. Indicating the independence of America. www.britannica.com/event/Treaty-of-Paris-1763
