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Sugar Act
British parliament taxed the 13 colonies on sugar and molasses. -
Stamp Act
George Grenville pushed British parliament to tax the colonies on all paper goods. -
Tea Act
Parliament was sick of boycotts so they taxed the most popular drink, tea. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonist rebelled on the Tea Acs and dumped 342 crates of tea into the Boston harbor. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first gunshot of the revolution the Minutemen fired to gard weapons from the british (nonofficial battle that the british lost because of their numbers). -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Colonies lost to the British in a redoubt in breeds hill. Colonists ran out of ammo so they fired anything they could find. -
Common Sense published
A 47 page pamphlet that told Colonist that they need independence from Britain. -
Battle of Trenton
The continental army with George Washington crossed the Delaware River and defeated the Hessians. -
Battle of Saratoga
The turning point of the war 5895 British and Hessians troops surrendered. -
Siege of Charleston
Henry Clinton started attacking southern cities had help from loyalists. The British first won but Charleston was recaptured by the Continental Army. -
Battle of Yorktown
The British were outnumbered by two times, and were surrounded by French by sea and the Continental Army by land. The Continental Army won. -
Signing of the Constitution
The signing started the Colonies democratic government.
