Revoloutionary War

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

A tax put on american colonists against sugar.

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

Tax put on colonists which makes it nesisary to use British stamped documents for most things.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

British arrive in Boston and kill 5 people.

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

13 colonies gather to discuss liberty

Second Continental Congress

Oct 26, 1774

Met when the war first started

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

British advance to capture weapons depot at Lexington and Concord

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jun 17, 1775

Americans held British off at Breed's Hill for a while until they made advancements and they ended up taking the Americans

Battle of Brooklyn

Aug 27, 1776

Washungton and his Continental Army are driven out of New York and then faced several more defeats

Seige of Ticonderoga

Jul 6, 1777

Turning point in the war where the Ameicans made the British look bad

Trenton

Dec 26, 1777

American troops snuck into Trenton and catpured it without takeing any shots