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The Stamp Act
King George III was upset by the colonists preaching “No taxation without representation” and wanted to force them to behave so he issued The Stamp Act. He put a tax on all paper and stamps in the 13 colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
The British soldiers and the colonists got into a argument on the streets of Boston, Massachusetts where 200 colonists gathered to witness an agreement array of shots being fired by the British soldiers leaving 5 colonists dead. -
Boston Tea Party
This was an event where many American colonists dumped a total of 342 chests of tea into the sea in a way to protest the British tea tax -
Intolerable Acts
He intolerable acts were a series of acts meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston tea party -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a letter written to Great Britain stating how they would no longer have control over the 13 colonies. This was the document that started the American Revolution -
Battle of Yorktown
This is the battle where the British surrender in Yorktown, Virginia when the Americans corner General Cornwallis’s army. -
Treaty of Paris
The official treaty ending the war between the American colonies and Great Britain. -
The Signing of the U.S. Constitution
The signing of America’s founding and most important documents. This document set out the outline for this country and I’d still referred to today.
