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Battle of Ticonderoga
the battle of Ticonderoga was a minor confortation at ford carillon during the french and indian war. -
Proclamation
many colonist ignored the proclamation and moved west and sent troops to secure the boreders. -
Sugar Act
British Parliament exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Stamp Acts
Riots in cities collected forced to resign the Stamp act congress was organized -
boston massacre
between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse. -
boston tea party
John Adams was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in boston -
Tea act
the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. -
intolerable act
closed boston's port to all trade except england. Boycott of british goods. -
first contiential congress
was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met and Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
bunker hill
during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. -
Pual Revere
Paul took place in boston tea party and alerted the lexington minutemen about the approach of the british. System of lanterns to warn the minutemen of a british invation. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy and Cambridge, near Boston. -
Second Continental Congress
Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. It succeeded the First Continental Congress. The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence. -
Battle of New York
set forth to subdue the colonies. They began the effort by recapturing New York. Washington retreated to White Plains, where for the first time, he was able to hold off the British forces. -
Common Sense
first published anonymously during the American Revolution. The pamphlet became an immediate success. In relation to the population of the Colonies at that time, it had the largest sale and circulation of any book in American history. -
The Declaration of Rights
document drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to rebel against "inadequate" government. -
Battle of Trenton
General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton, New Jersey. The hazardous crossing in adverse weather made it possible for Washington to lead the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. -
Halifax Resolves
the Fourth Provincial Congress of the Province of North Carolina The resolution was a forerunner of the United States Declaration of Independence. -
The Battle of Saratoga
Saratoga on the Hudson River in New York State. Major General John Burgoyne commanded the British and German force. -
Winter at Valley Forge
British troops had marched triumphantly into Philadelphia the previous autumn. -
battle of yorktown
decisive victory by a combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis.
