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Colonists getting taxed
Britain wanted revenue from their colonies, so they forced taxes on colonists because Britain was in debt from the Seven Years' War. -
Sugar Act
The sugar act put a tax on all imported products that the colonists would get because they couldn't get it from colonie land. Colonists would have sugar, paper, glass, lead, paint, tea, and molasses imported and with the sugar act this would all be taxed if it wasn't British items. This act was stopped in 1765 from the anger Britain was getting from colonists. -
Stamp Act
The British Empire was in debt from the Seven Years' War and passed the law where there was a tax on all paper in the colonies. Britain wanted to raise revenue by taxing colonists and on March 22, 1765 this law was passed down on colonists. This caused colonists mobs raging to intimidate stamp collectors to stop. Then in 1766 Britain stopped the stamp act, and after this more taxes were given to the colonists. These taxes would later result in the American Revolutionary War. -
Quartering Act
The quartering act was another law passed that angered colonists. This law was angering for colonists because they had to let British troops in the colonies live in their barracks. This law was later gone in 1776 because George Washington droved British troops out of Boston with the Continental Army. -
Boston Massacre
With colonists protesting for more rights British soldiers opened fire at the mob and killed five men. -
Boston Tea Party
A group dressed as Indians boarded British ships and dumped out three hundred forty two crates of tea into the Boston harbor. They dumped all of the tea because Britain would make colonists pay taxes for the tea. -
The American Revolutionary War
This was a 7 year war that was between the colonists and Britain for the colonists to gain independence, and this started on April 19, 1775. -
The battle of Lexington and Concord
The battle that started the first military engagements in the American Revolutionary War was the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The end result was that British troops took out some supplies, but didn’t have the momentum to destroy all the supplies. The colonists won and Britain lost many troops. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Although colonists loss this battle, it still helped colonist become independent. This was a tough battle colonists had to fight in, but it showed that even though they were inexperienced, they could still put up a fight against Britain’s army. -
Battle of Trenton
George Washington attacked the Hessian Force in Trenton, New Jersey on December 26, 1776. The Hessian Force was under Colonel Johann Rall and they were unprepared for Washington's attack. Ralls force couldn't rally defence and took major damage from Washington's army. -
Battle of Princeton
Then on January 3, 1777 Washington attacked again. He won again and had British troops retreating to New York. The two battles that took place in New Jersey were important because this gave colonists much control of New Jersey in the war. -
The first battle of Saratoga
The colonists were led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold against British troops who were led by General John Burgoyne. The main part of the battle took place in a clearing called Freeman’s Farm, and although colonists were holding up, Gates called off action. The colonists left the hurt British with possession of the ground. -
The second battle of Saratoga
On October 7, 1777 British troops attacked again, but this time they were defeated and forced to retreat and surrender a week later. -
The siege of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown was the final battle in the Revolutionary war and this was the battle that showed Britain that the colonists were free and independent with their final win in the war. George Washington and a French General led the final attack on Yorktown. The French fleet won that battle and then colonists and French troops broke Yorktown’s defence and won the final battle. Two days later Britain was negotiating a peace treaty with the colonists and they had gaining independence. -
The Treaty of Paris
Signed by representatives of King George the third of Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783. The Treaty of Paris ended the 7 year war between Britain and the colonies that resulted in the independence of the colonies.
