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Stamp Act
Great Britain put a tax on all newspapers, legal and commercial documents. -
Britain regulates taxes
Great Britain regulates colonial trade and levies new taxes on colonists. -
The Quatering Act
Two acts by British Parliament in the colonies of America that forces colonists to provide housing for British soldiers -
Boston Massacre
Nine british soldiers open fire on a crowd, killing five and injuring six unarmed colonists. -
Tea Act Enacted
Great Britain puts taxes on all of the tea people brought. -
Boston Tea Party
70 men boarded British ships in the Boston harbor and threw boxes of tes into the sea in rebellion of the tax on tea. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of punitive laws passes by British Parliment in 1774 to control rebellions in the collonies (after the Boston Tea PArty) -
Revolutionary War Begins
The battle of Lexington was the battle that started the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The first great battle of the Revolutionary War, fought near Boston -
Virginia Decleration of Rights
Document drafted in 1776 to proclaim the rights of men, including the right to rebel against inadequate government. -
Decleration of Independence
The Declarartion of Independence is adopted by United States Congress. -
Battle of Saratoga
This marked as the turning point of the American REvolution -
French Alliance
The United States and Francesign the French alliance which promised military support in case of attack by British soldiers in the future. -
Surrender of Yorktown
General Cornwallis accepts terms of surrender. Armed forces continued, but the war was practically over. -
End of Revlutionary War
On this day the Untied States and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris and ended the American Revolution.
