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10 Events of the Revolution by Andre C.

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    A tax on people that lived in the colonies. The money went to England. A stamp needed to be on every paper.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    The colonists threw snow balls at the Redcoats. Then the colonists were fired at. Five people died. The first man who died was an escaped slave.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    People threw tea in the ocean. The colonists threw the tea that belonged to the British.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Laws against the colonists made by the British.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    The first battles of the Revolutionary War.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    Thomas Paine wrote this to get people to fight for independence from England.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The Second Continental Congress wrote this to explain why the colonists were going to break away from England.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    A battle that was a major turning point in the American Revolutionary War. The patriots won.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    The last battle where the British surrendered to the colonists.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Letter between the colonists and the British that ended the war.