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Sugar Act
British Law that eliminated the smuggling trade in the colonies on goods such as molasses and sugar in an attempt at to increase revenues from the French and Indian War. -
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Stamp Act
An act that allowed for direct taxation on the colonists on items such as newspapers, legal papers, dice, cards, and almanacs. -
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The Quartering Act
An act by the British that forced colonist to house, feed, and provide a place of occupancy for a British soldier. -
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Declaratory Act
Repealed the Stamp Act. Reasserted British authority to tax the American colonies. -
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Townsend Acts
Laws that taxed goods imported into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
An altercation between a patriot mob and British soldiers. Five colonist was killed by British. -
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Tea Act
This act was undercut colonial merchants and made the colonists only by tea from the East India Company. -
Boston Tea Party
Event where colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor in protests of the Tea Act and the East India Company. -
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First Continental Congress
Delegates from 12 of 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to form a response from the Intolerable Acts that was passed by British Parliament. -
Second Continental Congress
Meeting of representatives from each colony to form a provisional government and to create an army to confront the British. They also created the Olive Branch Petition. -
Battle of Concord and Lexington
Shot heard around the world. American Victory. First battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British Victory. Confidence booster for the colonist even they lost the battle because they were able to inflict heavy losses against the British. -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine Published
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Declaration of Indepedence
A document with unanimous consent from all thirteen colonies. Document declaring independence for Great Britain. Detailed reasons why the colonists wanted to severed ties from England. Written by Thomas Jefferson. -
Battle of Trenton
George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River. American victory against Hessian forces. Improved the morale of his army. -
Battle of Princeton
American victory. Boosted morale of the colonial army. -
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Battle of Saratoga
Turning point of the Revolutionary War. American Victory. With this victory, France saw that the colonists can hold their own against the British. America and France became allies because of this victory. -
Articles of Confederation Adopted
Articles of Confederation adopted. -
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Siege of Yorktown
Last Major battle of the Revolution. Located in Yorktown, Virginia. Trapped General Corwallis by America forces on land and the French by sea. General Cornwallis surrender his army to General George Washington. -
Treaty of Paris
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United States Constitution Signed
The United States Constitution was signed by the Founding Fathers of this Nation.