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stamp act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Boston massacre
the colonists were fighting the British about taxing things. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a direct protest by colonists in Boston against the Tea Tax that had been imposed by the British government. -
lexington & concord
First Revolutionary Battle at Lexington and Concord. In April 1775, when British troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia. -
bunker hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775 at Charlestown, Massachusetts and was the first important battle of the American War of Independence -
common sense
In Common Sense, Thomas Paine argues for American independence. His argument begins with more general, theoretical reflections about government and religion, then progresses onto the specifics of the colonial situation. -
declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House -
battle of trenton and princeton
In the Battle of Trenton, Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. -
continental army wintering at valley forge
an army base where the Americans spent their winter -
Battle of saratoga
Fought eighteen days apart in the fall of 1777, the two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution -
war in charleston
it was when general charles lee succesfully repelled the british attack -
battle of yorktown
The significance of the conflict was that Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington as French and American forces trapped the British at Yorktown
