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The Stamp Act
Taxes were imposed on the Colonies by Britain to help pay for the French Indian war -
The Boston Massacre
A confrontation between British soldiers and an angry mob in which the soldiers opened fire on the mob killing five and injuring three. Loyalists were American colonists who stayed loyal to Britain who wanted to pursue peaceful forms of protests as they believed independence would mean a loss of economic benefits. Patriots were people in America who believed they were being mistreated by Britain and believed America should be independent. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty disguise themselves as Native Americans and sneak onto British ships docked in Massachusetts and threw 342 chests of tea into the ocean. Sam Adams was a strong opponent to the British taxes, he became the leader of the Sons of Liberty and played a vital role in the Boston Tea Party. Martial law is direct military control over civilian functions. Imposed on the Colonists by Britain as part of the Intolerable Acts after the Tea Party suppressing town assemblies and meetings. -
Creation of the First Continental Congress
A convention of delegates who spoke and acted on behalf of the colonists. It started a boycott of British goods unless the British parliament revoked the intolerable acts, which they didn't. -
Lexington and Concord
The first military engagement in the Revolutionary war in which the British moved from Boston to Lexington and Concord to seize their supplies and arrest Revolutionists.The British underestimated the Americans and the Colonies won, proving they should be respected as a military and not just an unorganized group of rebels.The Minutemen were militiamen who were ready to fight at a minutes notice.Paul Revere was the messenger for Lexington and Concord who warned people the British was on their way -
Creation of the Second Continental Congress
A convention of delegates soon after the start of the Revolutionary war. They tried for peace with Britain by sending the Olive Branch Petition to King George, which he rejected. They also wrote the Declaration of Independence declaring the Colonists independence from Britain -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolution in which the British defeated the Colonists. The colonists still inflicted significant casualties and gave them the confidence boost they needed to continue the Revolution. -
Declaration of Independence
Written by the second continental congress claiming America's independence from Britain. Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence who served as Virginia legislature and the Continental Congress and was the Virginia governor. -
Olive Branch Petition
It was adopted by the second continental congress in a final attempt to avoid war between the Colonies and Britain -
Writing and distribution of Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine which advocated for independence from England and the creation of a democratic republic. It had the largest sale of any book sold in american history
