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Minutemen
Minutemen were civilian colonists who organized independently from the American colonial partisan militia during the American Revolutionary War to form well-prepared militia firms self-trained in arms, tactics, and military strategies.
Which was also in the stamp act. Because of they organized a group of American colonists to impose the new tax. -
martial law
Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civilian functions by a government, especially in response to a temporary emergency such as invasion or major disaster, or in occupied territory.
which was also in the Stamp Act because of the colonist were forced to pay taxes on paper. -
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
He also contributed to the stamp act. -
Stamp Act
Event description
The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765. All American colonists were imposed the new tax and they were required to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
Importance
This event helped the British pay for the war between France and India. The British believed that they were well-founded in paying this tax because the colonies earned British troops ' benefit and needed to help pay for the cost. -
Boston Massacre
The Event description
The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, rocks, and sticks, and a group of British soldiers, that took place on March 5, 1770.
Importance
It is important because it united the colonists against Britain, which would eventually lead to the Revolutionary War. -
Paul Revere
In the American Revolution, Paul Revere was an American silversmith, graver, early industrialist and patriot
He also contributed to the Tea Party. -
Patriots
Patriots were those colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution and declared the United States of America as an independent nation in July 1776.
Which they contributed to the tea party because they rejected the British rule. -
Tea Part
The Event description
The Boston Tea Party was the British government against the American Colonists. The american tossed overboard 342 chests of tea.
Importance
The main purpose of the act was to rescue the floundering East India Company, a key player in the British economy. The British government gave the company a monopoly on importing and selling tea in the colonies -
Loyalists
Loyalists were American colonists who stayed loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, often called Tories. They were opposed by the "Patriots", who supported the revolution, and called them "persons inimical to the liberties of America"
Which was in the Battle of bunker hill which was fought in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War on June 17, 1775 -
Creation of the First Continental Congress
Event description
On September 5, 1774, delegates from each of the 13 colonies except Georgia (who fought a Native American rebellion and relied on the British for military supplies) convened as the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia to coordinate colonial opposition to the Coercive Acts of Parliament.
Importance
The delegates from each of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress and organized colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. -
Writing and distribution of Common Sense
The event
Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence to the people of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain.It had the largest sale and circulation of any book published in American history in proportion to the colonial population at that time (2.5 million)
Importance
his document was very important because it helped sway people into supporting those individuals who favored declaring independence from Great Britain. -
Lexington and Concord
Event description
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the American Revolutionary War's first military actions.
Importance
The Battles of Lexington and Concord was important because it signaled the start of the American Revolutionary war on April 19, 1775. -
Creation of the Second Continental Congress
The Event
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from all the 13 colonies that took place in Philadelphia on May 1775, soon after the launch of the American Revolutionary War.
Importance
The Second Continental Congress was important because it was the governing body of the American colonies from 1775 to 1781. -
Olive Branch Petition
Event description
Olive Branch was a petition and it was accepted by the Second Continental Congress on 5 July 1775 and signed on 8 July in a final attempt to avoid war between Britain and the 13 colonies in America
Importance
It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The event
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston.
Importance
Bunker hill's battle was one of the first major battles of American independence. It was significant because it was used as a training ground against the seasoned British Army by the inexperienced American troops. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson is the author of the Declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president, was a leading figure in America's early development. During the American Revolutionary War (1775-83), Jefferson served in the Virginia legislature and the Continental Congress and was governor of Virginia.
He contributed to the Declaration of independence. -
Declaration of Independence
Event description
The United States Declaration of Independence is the declaration adopted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 4 July 1776 at the Second Continental Congress. It is also one of the most important documents in the history of the United States.
Importance
Deceleration of independence was important because it convinced the French to join the U.S. military. Also it It helped unify the colonists to fight the war
