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Imposed restrictions on colonial trade. Inflamed the hostilities of American colonists leading to the revolution -
The war was fought to understand if the Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire. The British Empire would determine the future of North America. -
The Stamp Act was created to replenish their finances after the war. Parliament could not tax them. This rose to the Revolutionary War and American independence -
It paved the way for the American Revolution and had an impact on Britain and the American colonists. -
It was imposed on the American colonists by the British government leading up to the American Revolutionary War. -
The men smashed open the chests of tea and dumped their contents into Boston Harbor -
It closed the port of Boston until the colonists reimbursed the cost of the destroyed tea. A series of measures imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes. -
served as the government of the 13 American colonies and later the United States -
Hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache -
The Congress was preparing for war -
The 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists’ motivations for seeking independence -
It included two crucial battles and was fought eighteen days apart -
A collection of disparate colonial militias supported by hundreds of camp followers and allies, emerged under Washington’s leadership as a cohesive and disciplined fighting force -
Marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution and the start of a new nation's independence -
It created a government with enough power to act on a national level and separated the power of government into three branches -
It established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens