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The American Revolution
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The Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty were angered by the tax of tea, so they organized a date where they would do something about it to prove how mad they were. They, and other angry colonists, aranged to disguise themselves as Indians. They then boarded three British cargo ships containing many crates of tea. They then broke into the chests and dumped 342 chests into the Boston Harbor and then had a tea party! -
The Intolerable Acts
The British were outraged about the Boston Tea Party so they decided to make an example of the colony of Massachusetts. They punished Massachusetts through the Coercive Acts which the colonists then named the Intolerable Acts because they were intolerable. They closed Boston Harbor, the MA charter was cancelled, officails accused of crime were sent to England, colonists were forced to house supply British soldiers and the MA colony got a new governor, Thomas Gage. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in September 1774. The colonists met to discuss the crisis that was going on in Boston. Finally, they came up with the decision to continue to boycott the taxed British goods but also the colonists were warned to be prepared to fight at any time. -
Lexington and Concord PART ONE
The British plans were to take away some of the colonists weapons held in Concord. The Sons of Liberty learned of this plan and told Paul Revere and William Dawes to spread the word across the local militia members. In April around 70 militia members gathered to fight off the British in the Lexington village green. The first person to shoot is unknown, but that shot is known as the "shot heard 'round the world". The British marched to Concord where few weapons found. -
Lexington and Concord PART TWO
As the British retreated back to Boston they were fired upon by the colonists. The British had a total of around 250 casualties. But fewer than 100 colonists were killed. This greratly affected the Revolutionary War because as the word spread through out the colonies, more and more colonists were angered and disturbed by this battle. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga was the target of colonists. The colonists striked on May 10th 1775 during an early morning storm the British were suprised as they saw how quickly the colonists took the fort as well as its large supply of weapons. Some of those weapons were cannons. -
The Second Continental Congress
Tweleve representives from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia. They decided that it would be best not to break away from Great Britian. They made plans to create a continental army fro defending to colonies. They put George Washington as the commander. They tried one least time to make a peace treaty between the colonies and England, but King George III rejected it. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The British planned on taking over Charlestown and when the colonists learned of this plan they rushed to build defences on Bunker Hill. The British were suprised to see the colonists on the hill. -
The Battle of Quebec
The Battle of Quebec happened on December 31, 1775. It was to recruit the Candians into joining the war, on the American side. In the end, though the British and Candian garrison drove the Americans away. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a document stating the colonies should become one new country, free from Great Britian. The main author was Thomas Jefferson. One point Jefferson stated was that all men have unalienable rights. The second point was the King George III had taken away these rights from the colonists. The third point he made is that he argued that the colonists had a right to break away from England. -
Capture of New York
The British as well as the colonies reconized that New York was an ideal place to control both the south and the north. They met on August 27 1776 to fight over New York. After fighting, the British boats returned their boats to come return to Staten Island. -
The Battle of Trenton
On December 26 the battle of Trenton took place starting with the Patriots marching into Trenton. The battle lasted less than an hour but in that time the Patriot froces took more than 900 hessians and only had 5 casualaties. This win really boosted the Patriots spirits!
~Marblehead men rowed Washington!~ -
The Battle of Princeton
Washington marched his troops to Princeton just days after the battle of Trenton to have another suprise attack at the British. Patriots tricked the Redcoats into a trap where the Patroits won another battle! As Washington saw the British soldiers flee away from the Patriots, he cheered to his men, "It is a fine fox chase, my boys!" -
The Battle of Brandywine Creek
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The Battle of Saratoga
The British were outnumbered by the Patriot troops. The Patriots captured Burgoyne's entire army. He suffered a major defeat. This battle was the greatest victory yet for the Patriots. -
Winter at Valley Forge
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Battle at Vinncennes
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Capture of Savannah and Charleston
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Battle of Camden
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The Battle of Yorktown
The war started to go badly for the Patriots so they were running low on money and supplies in early 1781. The British controlled most of the south of present day US at the time. The battle lasted 20 days and ended with British surrender on October 19th -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris was the offical document stating that the colonies were reconzed as a new country, the United States of America. It was signed on September 3, 1782, But it wasn't ratified until April 17, 1783.
