The American Revolution

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  • Stamp act

    Stamp act
    (WHO) The British parliament (WHAT) help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years War (WHEN) 1765 (WHERE) New York (WHY) to raise funds to pay off debts and defend the vast new American territories

  • Boston massacre

    Boston massacre
    (WHO) Corporal William Wemms and Privates Hugh Montgomery (WHAT) fight between the colonists and British soldiers (WHEN) 1770 (WHERE) on King Street in Boston (WHY) the climax of growing unrest in Boston

  • Intolerable act

    Intolerable act
    (WHO) the British Parliament (WHAT) a group of Bostonians destroyed hundreds of crates of British tea on December 16 1773 (WHEN) 1774 (WHERE) Massachusetts Bay (WHY) to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    (WHO) Thomas Jefferson Roger Sherman Benjamin Franklin Robert R. Livingston John Adams (WHAT) the Battles of Lexington and Concord initiated armed conflict between Great Britain and the 13 (WHEN) 1776 (WHERE) Philadelphia (WHY) By declaring themselves an independent nation

  • The American revolution

    The American revolution
    (WHO) John adams Benjamin Franklin (WHAT) caused by colonial opposition to British attempts to impose greater control over the colonies and to make them repay the crown for its defense of them during (WHEN) 1781 (WHERE) Massachusetts (WHY) In April 1775 British soldiers called lobsterbacks because of their red coats and minutemen the colonists militia exchanged gunfire at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts

  • American Revolutionary War

    American Revolutionary War
    (WHO) Americans (WHAT) colonial opposition to British attempts to impose greater control over the colonies (WHEN) 1783 (WHERE) Lexington and Concord (WHY) by colonial opposition to British attempts to impose greater control over the colonies and to make them repay the crown for its defense of them

  • The Constitutional Convention

    The Constitutional Convention
    (Who) James Madison Benjamin Franklin James Wilson John Rutledge Charles Pinckney Oliver Ellsworth and Gouverneur Morris (WHAT) Stimulated by severe economic troubles, which produced radical political movements such as Shays's Rebellion (WHEN)1787
    (WHERE) Philadelphia (WHY) to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.