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The Townshend acts, which increased the taxation of the colonies, was one of the main events that built tension between the colonist and the British.
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The Boston Massacre (also known as the incident on king street) happened when a group of colonist gathered around a group of British Soldiers sent to enforce the Parliamentary legislation and verbally harassed and threw objects at them. As a result, the soldiers, without orders, fired into the crowd killing 5 and injured 6 others.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest, in which the Sons of Liberty destroyed tea by throwing it into the Harbor after officials refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain.
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Introductory battle to the revolutionary war
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Although victorious, didn’t gain much, but showed the colonial power. Stark Prescott coined the term “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes”
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Arguably, the most important publication in American history and is credited with the main reason the revolution was possible, outlined the reasons that the colonies should secede from England in a way that people could understand.
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The signing of the Declaration of Independence, although carrying no real political power, served as a motivational document that lifted morale and formally informed England of the colonial intentions to secede. Despite popular belief, the signing of the declaration of independence did not make us a free country .
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Turningpoint in the war, leading to a string of victories and French alliance.
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The Treaty of Alliance between the French and Americans, pulling France into the revolutionary war to support the colonists.
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Defeat of England’s largest army in America, and helped Push England into bargaining with the colonies
