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The Stamp Act/ Quartering Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including the following: New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
Intolerable acts/Long Island Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts were five laws that were passed by the British Parliament against the American Colonies in 1774. They were given the name "Intolerable Acts" by American Patriots who felt they simply could not "tolerate" such unfair laws. The British passed these acts as punishment for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This battle was because American colonists wanted to be separate from Britain and thought that their policies for the country were not fair. In the battle there was the British troops who were known as red coats who were commanded by Sir William Howe. -
Battle of Long Island
A battle for on August 24, 1776 which was a defeat for the Continental Army under General George Washington. -
Surrender by British at Yorktown
Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, was a peace treaty negotiated between the United States and Great Britain that officially ended the revolutionary war -
Shays’s Rebellion
Massachusetts rebellion led by the Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays against high taxes.This conflict in Massachusetts caused many to criticize the Articles of Confederation and admit the weak central government was not working.
