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Sugar Act
Enforced even more taxes on the British by taxing sugars. -
Stamp Act
Added a tax fee to all printed items, including legal documents and personal use -
Quartering Act
Required colonists to house injured soldiers or those in need due to the war. -
Sons Of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was created and the people who opposed British taxes nicknamed themselves "Patriots." -
Battle of Lexington and Conord
The battles of Lexington and Concord occurred in which it was the first time the military was involved in the Revolutionary War. -
Mob of Sons of Liberty
A mob of the Sons of Liberty tore down the office and the house of the stamp collector -
Declatory Act
The Stamp Act was taken back, but Parliaments Right was set in place because the colonists were getting out of hand. -
Tax Collecting
Taxes on a variety of the imported goods were collected to help the officials of the colonies, removing colonial assemblies. All of the taxes were then removed except for tea due to the Townsend Act being so unpopular. -
Boston Massacre
A group of colonists hurdled snowballs and rocks at British Soldiers. The soldiers fired and killed 5 of the colonists. -
Tea Act
Tea Act was created to save a major tea company. Lowered price on tea, but threatened the overallbusiness because of the colonial importers -
Boston Tea Party
The Patriots dressed up as Indians and loaded 3 ships full of tea. They then dumped the tea into the Harbor. -
The Intolerable Act
Forced Massachusetts to pay for the tea that was destroyed in the Boston Tea Party. It also closed the harbor and forced British soldiers to be housed in the homes of the colonists. -
First Continental Congress Meeting
The Continental Congress meet and discuss boycotting British good to prevent taxing -
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry gives his most famous speech in the House of Burgesses, "Give me liberty or give me death!" -
Battle Of Lexington and Concord
The first war where the military engagements were involved. -
Second Continental Congress
In this meeting, the congress name George Washington commander of the continental Army. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
One of the first battles in which the British defeated the Americans in Massachusetts near Bunker Hill -
Olive Branch
Congress sends "Olive Branch" to King George lll and it was rejected, instead he sent more troops down to Boston. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense -
Approval of Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson approves of the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence -
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Winter
Baron Von Steuben trains the army at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. During this harsh winter, many people died of disease and/or starvation. -
Battle of Saratoga
The patriots win the battle of Saratoga. -
Alliance
France sings alliance with the United States -
Patriot Soldiers Captures
General Clinton captures 3000 Patriot soldiers and takes them to Charlestown, South Carolina -
General Cornwallis Surrenders
General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown -
Treaty Of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed which ended the Revolutionary War
