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Pre-Revolution and Revolution Timeline
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Royal Proclamation
King George the third did not allow settlements past the Appalachian mountains, because of hostile natives -
Stamp Act
This taxed 50 different items, such as paper goods, to make money for paying for military debt. -
Townshend Taxes and the Boston Massacre
The taxes were to pay off the british debt. Items were taxed directly in the port. It was a conflict between the colonists and the soldiers. 11 were wounded and killed. -
The Boston Tea Party
Colonists climbed onto the unoccupied british ship and dumped 342 tea chests into the Boston harbor to rebel against the Tea Act -
The Intolerable Acts
The english took away self government and punished colonies. -
The First Continental Congress
it was an illegal meeting of 55 delegates from 12 colonies -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Second Continental Congress
convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies May 10, 1775 -
Battle of Bunker Hill
the bloodiest battle, 1000 british 400 colonists killed -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
written for the common people, first document that asked for independence -
Declaration of Independence
When? july 4th 1776
Who wrote it? thomas jefferson
What did it say?declared independence -
Battles of Saratoga
The turning point in the Revolutionary War -
Battle at Yorktown
last major battle in the American Revolutionary War -
Treaty of Paris
Peace negotiations began
