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Sugar act
Sugar act aimed to end the smuggle trade in sugar. I think this is important because the people where getting more funds for the war. -
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763 prohibeted people from settleing west of the appalacion mountains. This is important because I made some conflict with the french and Indians -
stamp act
The stamp act taxed news papers and legal printed goods. I thin this was important because it helped the get money for war. -
Townshend Acts
A tax that was placed on the leads, grass, paint and tea. This was important because it help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies. -
Boston Massacre
British Guards open fire on americans and killed 5 of them. I think this was important because it lead to the Revolutionary war. -
Boston tea party
Boston tea party was a protest on British taxes and boston colonist dumped valuable tea in the ocean. This was important because it ended local self-government and in MA and closed bostons commerce. -
Britain Forms an Alliance with Patriot Slaves
The British governor of Virginia issues a proclamation offering freedom to any slaves who are able to enter British lines. This is important because more blacks fought for the Crown. -
Intolerable acts
Intolerable acts was a series of laws passed in 1774 to punish boston for the tea party. This was important because it led to the outbreak of the american revolution war. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the revolutionary war. This was important because it marked the start of the American War of Independence. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Inexperienced colonial soldiers hold off hardened British veterans for more than two hours.This was important because the American patriots were defeated -
Olive Branch Petition
Was an offer of peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George lll. It was important because it was a way of saying no to war. -
crossing the delaware
Washington's surprise attack on Trenton and Princeton when they desperately needed a victory. This was important so that his army could attack an isolated garrison of Hessian troops located at trenton New Jersey. -
Declaration of Independence
Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries, it declared the United States as a free state. This was important because it summurized the colonist motivations for seeking independence. -
Battle of Saratoga
Turning point of the American Revolution. This was important because the American defeat of the superior British army lifted patriot morale. -
France Enters the War Against Britain
France allies itself with the new American government. This was important because French provided supplies, arms, ammunition, uniforms, and, troops. -
Charleston Falls to the British
The British take Charleston, S.C., capture a large patriot army, and deal the rebels one of their worst defeats of the war. This was important because they shifted their strategy to focus on the southern theater. -
Battle of Cowpens
Continental soldiers and patriot militia defeat a British force at Cowpens. This was important because it was a critical American victory in the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Yorktown
American victory in Virginia that forced the British to surrender. This was important because led directly to the peace negotiations that ended the war. -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty Between England and the Colonies ended the American Revolutionary War. This was important so both England and the colonies could have peace. -
U.S. Constitution Replaces Articles of Confederation
A convention of states in Philadelphia proposes the Constitution to replace the central government operating under the Articles of Confederation. This was important because the need for a stronger Federal government.