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The Stamp Act
The British put a tax on stamps to pay for the protection they gave to the colonies. This was the first tax that was put upon the colonies and the colonists feared that this was the first of many and that the British would do anything if they wanted to appose the colonists ideas -
The Boston Massacre
Captain Thomas Preston and a squad of British soldiers were under protest from a Boston mob. The mob threw snowballs, bottles, and clubs. Once a club hit one of the soldiers in the head the soldiers opened fire on the crowd. Five of the crowed members were killed and six were wounder. Only two soldiers were found innocent for murders. Many people saw this as a cause to rebel and start a war against the British. -
The Boston Tea Party
The British Parliament had passed an act so the British owned East Indian Company didn't need to pay a tax for selling tea that the colonist shop holders still needed to pay. The colonists were not happy that they needed to pay this tax. In protest a size-able group of rebels that were disguised as Native Americans boarded three British ships that were delivering tea and dumped eighteen thousand pounds of tea into the harbor. The British were ferocious and closed the trade in the Boston harbor. -
The First Continental Congress
In Philadelphia a group of 56 Representatives for the colonies met and discussed the Colonists rights and changes they believed should be set in stone. Such as the colonies rights to defend themselves from the British if they are attacked. One major factor of this meeting was the cancellation of all trade between the British and Colonists. -
The Battle of Lexington
The warnings of Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, and William Dawes had rang threw the air that of the horde of seven hundred British troops advancing to the city of Concord. A group of minutemen had quickly formed in a choke point of the city of Lexington. The standoff between the minutemen and the British soldiers ensued. One of the minute men had opened fired into the large crowd of the British and a wave of bullets were returned. The colonists faced 8 casualties and had performed a retreat. -
The Battle For Concord
The British's main goal to take Concord was their stock pile of weapons stored in the city. When the British had arrived in Concord they were greeted by and empty arsenal. A large forced between the numbers of three thousand and four thousand of minute men had formed and quickly changed the scene. After the slaughter the British had brought any troops that survived back to occupied Boston. This was a great show of the force the colonists can provide in large numbers. -
The Second Continental Congress
Once again the colonists met to discuss the way that things have taken place and what they are going to do in the near future of the war. Many of the colonists believed that they should be reunited with the British for the greater good and the survival of the colonies but a lot more of the people that attended the meeting believed that they should continue to rebel and that they needed a militia and a strong, powerful, and fearless ruler that of George Washington. -
Battle for Bunker Hill
Fearful of a loss in Boston the British general Thomas Gage had decided to push over two thousand troops up Breed's hill but the colonial army was waiting for the right moment to strike. At the right moment the colonists unleashed a force of deadly power that did not let up until the British had retreated. When everything had settled on the field the colonists had only lost over four hundred soldiers while the British lost one thousand. This battle was a major moral raiser for the colonies.
