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Stamp Act
This act was passed by Parliament which allowed tax documents and printed items such as newspapers and playing cards. It was the first tax to affect many American Colonists. -
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American Revolution
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Sons of Liberty
Colonists such as shoekeepers, artisans, and laborers joined together in secret and protested against the Stamp Act -
Declatory Act
The same day the Stamp Act was repealed, Parliament passed the Declatory Act. The Declatory Act allowed Parliament to bind the people and colonies of America. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was named after a leading Government Minister Charles Townshend. The Townshend Act taxed all goods coming from the colonies like lead, glass, paint, and paper. This caused many colonist to boycott British goods -
Boston Massacre
A fight broke out between the British and the Colonists in front of the Boston Customs House. This fight caused alot of tension between the British and the Colonists -
Tea Act
The act started when Lord North saved the nearly bankrupt British East India Company which allowed them not to tax the colonists on tea. Lord North hoped the colonists would buy the cheaper tea but instead they protested. -
Boston Tea Party
On December 16 a group of Boston Rebels dressed up as Native Americans and threw 18,000 pounds of East India Companys Tea off a ship that anchored in the harbor -
Intolerable Act
In 1774 Parliament passed a number of acts that the Colonist named the Intolerable Acts -
First Continental Congress
On September 5, 56 delegates met in Philadelphia and came up with colonial rights. -
Lexington and Concord
The battle of the American Revolution between the Bristish Soldiers and the colonist. The colonist defeated the British quickly with 3,000 to 4.000 men -
Second Continental Congress
Colonial Leaders met for the second time to discuss their next move on war. -
Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine, a 50 page pamphlet that was against King George, It also presented arguments to escape the british rule -
Declaration Of Independence
In the summer of 1776 the Continental Congress wrote about John Lockes natural Rights which were Life, Liberty and the Persuit of Happiness. On July 4 the American Colonies adopted the declaration of Independence and declared their freedom from Britain. -
Battle of NY
Washigton was hampered by the British control of the sea, which allowed them to conceivably attack either long island or Manhattan -
Battle of Trenton
George Washington led the colonist across the Delaware River for a suprise attack against the Hessian forces in Trenton. -
Battle of Saratoga
American troops surrounded the British General Buroyne whcih caused him to surrender -
Battle of Yorktown
On October 19, Britains greatest military force was defeated by the Americans -
Treaty of Paris
Documents were signed by delegates that gave the colonist their indpendence.
