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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a document that said they had to pay taxes on every piece of paper they used. It helped pay debts for a 7 year war the colonist didn't want. The Act got passed without the colonist knowing about it. -
Gaspee Affair
Lieutenant William Duddington, and his ship Majesty's Ship Gaspee, were sailing the seas and Duddington had a reputation of being overzelous enforcer. So they eventually sailed to the Gaspee Point. The people there were led by John Brown, which they were planning an attack. So the people at night captued the crew and wonded Duddington. They made the crew and Lieutenant watch their ship be looted and buried. -
Boston Tea Party
The Parliment/King got rid of all the taxes except the tax on tea. This led to the colonist to rebel. One night when a ship was coming into the Boston Harbor with the tea, hundreds of men went on the ship and dumped all the crates of tea into the water. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. The colonies presented that they were united to show a put together authority towards Great Britain. Days later, they made The Association, which came after the Virginia Association and others that followed. -
Coercive Acts
This is a 4 laws passed by Parliment. The laws were relating to the British Colonies in America. This was the start of rebellion and caused America to become the United States. -
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere was sent to alarm Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British soliders were coming to arrest the two of them. Him and three riders were arrested. the other two escaped quickly and Paul Revere was kept for awhile by the British soldiers and was released after he was locked up for awile -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first shots came frm Lexington. It started when Paul Revere promised that he would warn when he saw the British soldiers marching. He would light one lantern if they were coming. The british soldiers has reached Lexington and had already started battling. They then continued on to Concord. -
Second Continental Congress
The delegates that were part of the 13 colonies met at the State House in Philadelphia to discuss their next steps. The Second Continental Congress Meeting started with the battle of Lexington and Concord. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This battle took place on the Charlestown Peninsula. It was the British troops of the Boston against troops of the American Continental Army. -
Olive Branch Petition
It was adopted by the Continental Congress. It was an attempt to avoid a war with Great Britain. The petition informed American loyalty to Great Britain. The colonies were formally declaed in rebellon by the Delaraction of Independence -
Proclamation for Suppressing Rebelling and Sedition
King George III of England created his own document. This document says that the colonist were rebelling against King George and the third power. Which then George said the people would get punished severly. -
Committees of Conrrespondence Established
The Committes of Correspondence was established to spread the power of from town to town and colony to colony. It was written work that was about British policies. This was established by Samuel Adams -
Common Sense Published
This was a pamphet that was written by Thomas Paine. It was written during the American Revolution. It was written into four sections. Each section was about his argument about British rule. -
British Evacuate Boston
British forces were forced to evacuate Boston when George Washington set up cannons to attack the British. Thw cannons were being fired from Fort Ticonderoga.11,000 British troops and 1,000 Loyalists departed Boston on ships. Boston won and George Washington was awarded the first metal ever by the Continental Congress. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress. It said that the 13 colonies are no longer part of the British Empire and are independent. 56 men signed it.
