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Paul Revere was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and a patriot in the American Revolution. Also his claims to historical significance rest even more on his talent as a craftsman and on his industrial perspicacity.
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Proclaimation of 1763 stopped colonist from moving west beyond the Appalachian Mountian. Also to reserve the lands west of the Appalachian mountains for Indians
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Taxed imported sugar, wine, molasses and coffee. Also it stopped the colonies from exporting lumber and iron. Also the previous colonial taxes had to support local British officials, the tax on sugar was enacted solely to refill Parliament's empty Treasury.
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The Stamp Act required colonist to pay a direct tax on all paper. Also colonist had to use stamped paper for all printed material.
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It taxed the important paper. lead, glass and tea. It also set up British courts to enforce the acts.
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The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed.
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It flooded the maket with British tea that was cheaper than American tea.
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The Boston Tea Party was a direct protest by colonists in Boston against the Tea Tax that had been improsed by the British government for taxes.
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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies and a series of measures imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes.
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The Intolerable Act expanded the power of the Britiah governor and it closed Bostons port to all trade except England.
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It was a political protest in Edenton inn response of the Tea Act. Also waa a big step of declaring America’s independence from Britain.
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The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
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Benedict Arnold of Massachusetts joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont in a attack on the fort, capturing the sleeping British garrison. Also the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga was the first American victory of the Revolutionary War.
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Bunker Hill was the first great battle of the Revolutionary War. The British drove the Americans from their fort at Breed's Hill to Bunker Hill, but only after the Americans had run out of gunpowder. Before retreating, the Americans killed many British troops.
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The Continental Army was formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America. Also was authorized by the Continental Congress in 1775 and led by George Washington.
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American forces defeated the British. The victory ended British authority in North Carolina and provided an important boost to Patriot morale.
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The Halifax Resolves was the first official action in the American Colonies calling for independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution.
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Mecklenburg Resolves was a list of statements adopted at Charlotte. They also signed the Declaration of Independents. It was the month following the fighting at Lexington and Concord.
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Its states that a government exist for the benefit of the people and that "All men are created equal." It is one of the best written statement of an individual in history.
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Valley Forge was the military camp in southeastern Pennsylvania, northwest of Philadelphia, where the American Continental Army spent the winter.
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The Battle of Kings Mountain was a decisive victory in South Carolina for the Patriot militia over the Loyalist militiary in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War.
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The British won the battle and forced the Americans to retreat, They lost so many soldiers that the battle eventually led to their defeat in the war.
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The battle essentially ended the Revolutionary War. With the help of the French, the colonists surrounded the British at Yorktown on land and water and forced the British army there to surrender
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It was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America. It officially ended the American Revolution, and Great Britain recognized American independence.
