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Sugar Act
Lowered tax on foreign molasses, but upped enforcement of tax in hopes colonists would stop smuggling the molasses and actually pay the tax. -
Stamp Act
Parliament imposes tax on printed materials used in colonies. Causes protests in many colonies. -
Quartering Act
Colonies must provide housing and food to British troops. Again, this is resisted by the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shoot and kill people rioting. -
Battle of Almance
Battle between British regulators and North Carolina Militia. Some say this was the battle to begin the revolution. -
Tea Act
Parliament passes act to undercut price of smuggled tea in an attempt to get colonists to buy “their” tea instead. -
Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty destroy shipment of tea from the East India Company because the Tea Act was believed to infract on their right to no taxation without representation. -
Intolerable Act
Laws put in place to punish colonists after the boston tea party. Brought about outrage in the colonies. -
Petition to the King
petition sent to King George III demanding the repeal of the Intolerable Acts -
Battle of Concord
First official battle of the Revolutionary War. American victory. -
Continental army established
Congress establishes the first continental army. Later to be called the United States Army. -
Articles of the Confederation
The first constitution of the United States. Siege of Charleston, April 8, 1780- British troops siege Charleston, SC. George Washington sends reinforcements but the city is lost on May 12. Considered to be the worst American defeat of the revolutionary war. -
Articles of confederation ratified
Articles of confederation ratified -
British surrender at Yorktown
American and French troops siege Yorktown, Virginia and claim an overwhelming victory over the British. General Cornwallis surrenders there, leading to the British government to end the war. -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty signed in Paris by representatives of Britain and the United States of America. This treaty officially ended the American Revolutionary War.
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