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Townshend Acts
Acts passed in June of 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. -
The Boston Massacre
On March 5th 1770, five colonists were killed by British regulars which gave way to war. -
Tea Act
The main purpose of the act was not to take/raise money from the colonists but to "bail out" the East India Company, a key comapny in the British economy. -
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Paul Revere
Paul Revere was a silversmith from Boston who helped organize an intelligence /alarm system to keep watch on the British military. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and dumped thosands of pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British were enraged and placed more taxes on the colonies. -
Intolerable Acts
In the spring of 1774, the British placed the Intolerable Acts on the colonies. This was their punishment for the Boston Tea Party, -
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First Continental Congreaa
Delegates from 12 of the colonies that were called to a meetin to discus the Intolerable Acts. -
Edenton Tea Party
51 women from Edenton, North Carolina formed an alliance supporting “taxation without representation.”
In response to the Tea Act of 1773, the deputies of North Carolina boycotted all British tea and cloth imported after September 10, 1774. -
General Thomas Gage
1774- chosen as military governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (instructions to execute the Intolerable Acts)
Attempts of taking military stores of Patriot militias in April 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord led to the start of the American War of Independence.
He was replaced by General William Howe in October 1775, and returned to Britain. -
Stamp Act
An act placed on the colonies that forced direct taxes on the colonies and required many printed materials to be produced on stamped paper in London. -
Battle at Lexington and Concord
British troops marched from Boston to Concord to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere and other riders gave an alarm. Soon the British were hastily retreating under intense fire. More battles followed and eventually the colonists won their independence. -
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Siege of Boston
New England's military stopped the movement by land of the British Army garrisoned in Boston.Both sides had to dealt with supply/personnel issues. Eleven months of siege and the British left Boston by sailing to Nova Scotia. This was the opening mark of the American Revolution. -
Esablishment of Second Continental Congress
A group of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that was meeting in the summer of 1775. This congress managed the colonial war effort and adpoted the Declaration of Independence. -
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George Washington
-Chosen as Virginian delegate to the Second Continental Congress
-Led the US in the revolution -
Mecklenburg Resolves
These were a list of statements that proclaimed "all Laws...derived from the Authority of the King or Parliament, are annulled and vacated,". -
Continental Army
This was an amry formed to fight when there was an outbreak of war (American Revolution). -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British malitia defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The inexperienced colonial forces gave many casualties to the enemy. -
Olive Branch Petition
This was a final attempt in avoiding a full-on war between the Thirteen Colonies and Britian.The petition showed American loyalty to Great Britain. -
Halifax Resolves
-A name later given to the resolution adopted by North Carolina
-first official action in the American Colonies calling for independence from Great Britain
-helped pave the way for the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence -
Declaration of Independence
It was written by the 2nd Continental congress by Thomas Jefferson as one last chance to make peace with the British. The king rejected it making the patriots very angry. It gave us the right to go to war against england to obtain our freedom but it also listed what the colonists thought was wrong of england to do. -
Battle of Trenton
The battle was a resounding physical and moral victory for Washington and his American troops. -
Battle of Ticonderoga
A British army approach that forced the Continental Army to withdraw -
Battle of Charleston
Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on this day in 1780, with the unconditional surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln. -
Battle of Kings Mountain
British feared over-mountain men
Cornwallis was the general
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Battle of Cowpens
Tarleton vs. Greene
Victory for the Colonists -
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Battle of Yorktown
A battle fought between the Americans and French against the British.George Washington (force of 17,000) and French and Continental troops fought against 9,000 British troops. The British got trapped and the Americans/French won. It became the end of the revolution and the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Yorktown
A battle fought between the Americans and French against the British.George Washington (force of 17,000) and French and Continental troops fought against 9,000 British troops. The British got trapped and the Americans/French won. It became the end of the revolutionary fighting and the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris
It was an agreement between American colonies and Britain THE OFFICIAL END OF WAR!
