-
Stamp Act
This act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. This meant that all of the american colonist were required to pay taxes on any piece of printed paper they used. -
Boston Massacre
A street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770. It was a patriot mob that threw snowballs, stones, and sticks and British soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile pretest by the Sons of Liberty. They threw the tea into the harbor. This happened on December 16, 1773 -
Creation of the First Continental Congress
Delegates from each of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Act. This all happened on September 5, 1774 -
Lexington and Concord
The first battle of the revolutionary war, fought in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775, the British troops moved from Boston To Lexington and Concord to get the colonists’ military supplies and to arrest revolutionaries -
Creation of the Second Continental Congress
This was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia in May of 1775. It was shortly after the launch of the American Revolutionary war. -
Battle of Bunker HIll
A battle in Massachusetts on June 17, 1775 in which the British defeated the Americans. -
Olive Branch Petition
John Dickinson drafted it. It was submitted to King George on July 8, 1775 and the purpose was to attempt to assert the rights of the colonist while maintaining their loyalty to the British Crown -
Writing and distribution of Common Sense
This advocated independence from Great Britain to people in the 13 colonies. Thomas Paine encouraged common people in the colonies to fight for egalitarian government. January 10, 1776 -
Declaration of Independence
This was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. This declaration summarized the colonists’ motivations for seeking Independence
