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Stamp Act
A tax that was pasted by the British, that made the Americans pay a tax on every piece of paper they used. (helped pay the cost of defending America) -
Protest of the Stamp Act
Britain tried to created a tax on varios printed items, ant=d the colonists were outraged. The protests included petitions, refusals to pay the tax, and even property damage and harassment of officials -
Gaspee Affair
Happened in Providence, Rhode Island. Colonists burnt the british ships down, it was a result of the French and Indian war. -
Committees of Correspondence Established
Written work was emerging in the America on the subject of British policies. The arguments written at this time were very convincing. The Committees job was to spread the power of the written word from town to town and colony to colony. -
Boston Tea Party
342 crates of tea were dumped into the ocean in response to a parliamentary act which imposed restrictions on the purchase of tea in the American colonies. -
Coercive Acts
Also known as the Intolerable Acts; After the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament felt they needed to punish the Americans to demonstrate their power to legislate on their colonies. Pasted acts like the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress brought together representatives from each of the colonies, except the state of Georgia, to discuss their response to the British Intolerable Acts. -
Quebec Act
Further defined boundaries of Quebec, to add to the territory of Canada, Southern Ontario,
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Minnesota. -
Paul Revere's Ride
Revere was instructed to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were coming to arrest them. And about the fight in lexington and Concord. On the way to Lexington, Revere "alarmed" the country-side, stopping at each house, and arrived in Lexington about midnight. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
British came in to take and attack the Rebels, the Minutemen, Americans who were waiting to attack at Lexington. The Americans were withdrawing when someone fired a shot, and the British started to fire at the Americans. Nobody knows who shot first. -
Second Continental Congress
The Main purpose of the Continental Progress’ was to oppose the taxes Britain was forcing on them. During The Second Continental Congress the colonists drafted the U.S. Declaration of Independence. -
The Second Continental Congress
The New England militia were still camped outside of Boston trying to drive the British out of America. The Second Continental Congress also established the militia as the Continental Army to represent the thirteen states. They elected George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. -
George Washington Appointed General
Continental Congress "elected" George Washington as commander of the yet-to-be-created Continental Army. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
On the evening of June 16, 1,200 Massachusetts and Connecticut soldiers, left Cambridge to fortify Bunker's Hill, the dominant hill in Charlestown. The British woke up on the morning of the sevententh, and saw them there and began a fight. -
Olive Branch Petition
A document of American colonial grievances addressed to King George III and signed by members of the Continental Congress. The King refused to see the document. This was an effort by the Americans to resolve differences with Britain and to avert the Revolutionary War. -
Proclamation for suppressing rebellion and sedition
King George III of England issued this document. It stated that the colonies stood in a rebellion to his authority and were subject to severe penalty, as was any British subject who failed to report the knowledge of rebellion or conspiracy. -
British Pulled out of Virginia
American troops attacked and defeated Virginian governor Dunmore's troops near Norfolk, Virginia. The British then pulled out their soldiers, leaving the colonists in control. -
Common Sense Published
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that talked about how the colonists needed to stand up to the king, and explained how in simple common sense. -
British Evacuate Boston
The British were forced to evacute Boston by successful placement of cannons on Dorchester Heights by George Washington. -
Writing of Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, it was then edited by John Adams and Ben Franklin. Jefferson took their edits and incorporated them into what would become final copy. -
Declaration Of Independence
The colonists document that stated they were breaking away from England. It was drafted by Thomas Jefferson.
