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Stamp Act Passed
-Increased taxes on West Indies Sugar
-1st tax increase implimented by the British
-Started Admirality Courts which were the first breach of the Rights of Englishmen by the British -
Stamp Act Repealed
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Quartering Act Passed
-Colonists had to shelter and provide for British soldiers
-British thought Americans should help support the military -
Sons of Liberty Form
-Formed in response to the Stamp Act
-Protested British Parliment, sometimes violently -
Declatory Act Passed
-Passed in response to the repealment of the Stamp Act
-British could pass any law at any time
-Colonists had virtual representantion -
Townshend Act Passed
-Taxed imports at American Ports
-Way to subtly tax the colonists
-Used to pay government officials -
Boston Massacre
Killing of 5 colonists by a group of British soldiers that were being harassed by a colonial mob. It was the first major conflict between the British and the Colonists and was the explosion of tension over the recent taxation acts passed by the British. -
Townshend Acts Repealed
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Tea Act Passed
-Used as a way to get rid of excess tea supplies
-Lowered the price of tea, then taxed it
-Despite cheaper tea, colonists rebelled -
Boston Tea Party
-100 Bostonians, dressed as Indians, dumped 342 chests of tea into the Atlantic
-Protest to the Tea Act and other breaches of other English liberties
-Escallated American-British tensions -
Intolerable Acts
-Designed to punsh Boston
-Closed Boston harbor until damages were paid
-Restrictions placed on town meetings
-British soldiers sent to Britain for trial
-New Quarterin act -
First Continental Congress Meets
-Met in Philidelphia to address grievances
-Twelve of the Thirteen colonies attended
-Were to meet again in May 1775 if grievances were not addressed -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
-First military engagement of the war
-Colonsts decimated at Lexington, proceeded to win Concord and the battle
-One of the first uses of Guerilla wafare -
Second Continetal Congress
-All 13 colonies represented
-Decided to continue fighting in hopes that the British would redress their grievences -
Battle of Bunker Hill
-Actually occurred on Breed's Hill
-Colonists held the hill, retreated only because they ran out of ammunition -
Common Sense Published
-First major publication to suggest independance
-Used religious argmuments
-Extremely popular in the colonies -
Congress Declares Independance
-Declaration of Independance written by Thomas Jefferson
-Gave reasons for separation from Britain -
Battle of Trenton
-Invaded Trenton, NJ on Christmas day by crossing the Deleware
-Captured 906 Hessians and British while they were sleeping after their Christmas party -
Battle of Princeton
-Used fires to trick the British into thinking the Americans were camping out
-Americans snuck behind Princeton, took the city -
Battle of Saratoga
-Disruped General Burgoyne's route of the British's three pronged attack
-The victory gained the support of the French -
Capture of Savannah
-British easily capture Savannah
-U.S. under General Howe only had 700 soldiers
-Began the British's plan to move North from the South -
Siege of Charleston
-Another step in the plan to start South and move North
-British had 13000 soldiers, Colonists had 5000
-British took the city easily -
Battle of Yorktown
-Last major battle of the Revolution
-French and America joined sides, forced British surrender
-Captured over 5,000 British soldiers
