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Stamp act
Passed so that colonists had to purchase a special stamp for newspapers, pamphlets, license, almanacs, and legal documents -
Sons of Liberty
Stamp act is finally passed and colonist form a group in defiance -
Boston Massacre
British redcoats fire on unarmed civilians in boston streets -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dress as indians and go on a british ship, dump 18,000lbs of tea into the ocean -
First continental congress
When Boston is put under martial law the committee goes into action and starts the 1st congress. It basically defended the colonies right to run their own affairs. -
Committees of Correspondence
Assemblies of Massa. And Virginia set this up to communicate with other colonies about the threats to American liberty -
Intolerable Acts
King george got mad about the tea and now he made parliment pass some more laws. One shut down Boston harbor because, colonists refused to pay for the tea -
Meetin in Philly
The committees of corespondence met in Philidalphia and wrote a decleration of colonial rights -
Battle of Lexington
General Gage(british) sent his troops to Lexington to seize colonists weapons and stop rebellion. 70 minute men waited for them but the british won. -
Events in Concord
British march down to concord and 3,000 minutemen fired in them . Leading to a great victory -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine writes a 50 page pamphlet explaining why we should break away from Britian -
George Washington
Congress appoints 43 year old George Washington as commander of the troops -
Battle of Bunker hill
General Gage striked militiamen who were on the hill of breed. 2,400 british troops advanced up the hill, 1,000 died and 450 colonists died. The british took the hill. -
Olive Branch Petition
The continental congress sent a letter to the king apologizing and asking for forgivness. -
Creation of the 2nd continental congress
Colonial leaders made a 2nd continental congress in Philidalphia to debate the next move in the war. -
Townshend acts
Indirect taxes on imported goods like glass, lead, paint -
Declare Independence
The colonies adopted the decleration of independence and the liberty bell rings. -
Defeat in New York
Washington and his 23,000 mean stood there ground but was outnumbered causing them to withdraw -
Battle of Trenton
On Christmas night Washington and his 2,400 troops ambushed Hessian( HIred German) soldiers while they were drunk and captured almost 918 of them with 30 dead -
Philidalphia fights
General Howe & his men went after the capital of Philidalphia currently territory of the Americans. The continental congress fled the city & the british took over -
Saratoga for the Win
General John was trying to isolate New England from the rest of the states. But he was surronded by American troops in Saratoga and he surrendered. -
Valley Forge
Anerican troops set up camp in that valley during the winter and have no resources. So lots of men die or give up -
Turning Point
Adter the win in Saratoga France sees Americas potential and decides to form an alliance with them . The terms state that France agreed not to make peace with Britian unless they got independence -
Marquis de lafayette
He sent french reinforcments for the Americans and led a command in Virginia. -
British success in the south
Charles Cornwallis sails south with 8,500 troops and takes charlestown, south carolina for the british -
British lose
Cornwallis leads his men on to the peninsula between james and york rivers and ends up being surronded by the French and Americans. -
Victory at Yorktown
Cornwallis finally surrenders after being outnumbered -
Peace talks
It begins in Paris where representives of 4 nations US, Great Britian, France, and Spain. All looking for their own interests -
Treaty of Paris
The delegates sign the Treaty which gave US independence. Giving them access to land from the Alantic Ocean to the Mississippi river and Canada to Florida
