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Sugar Act
Stated in the text. "it is expedient that new provisions and regulations should be established for improving the revenue of this Kingdom ... and ... it is just and necessary that a revenue should be raised ... for defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the same." -
Stamp Act
Unknown Month and Day.
A direct act to the British Parliament. Everything they bought was extra money because there were stamps on it. -
Townshend Act
Unknown Month and day.
It was a series of laws passed. The acts were named after Charles Townshend. -
Boston Massacre
There was a bunch of Taxation acts that people did not like, So it caused a massacre. -
Intolerable Acts
It was a bunch of acts that the colonist did not like. -
Tea Act
It was an act to reduce massive surplus of tea held by poor British East India Company. -
Boston Tea Party
It was the movement throughout British America againt the tea act. People were throwing tea over off the British boats. -
First Continental Congress
It was a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies. -
Lexington and Concord
It was the first military engagment of American Revolution. -
Second Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British won but suffered heavy losses. 800 wounded and 226 killed. -
Olive Branch Petition
unknown day.
Continental congress in an attempt to avoid a full-blown war with Great Britain. -
Common Sense
This was written by "Englishman" it became an instant success. It presented an argument for freedom from British. -
Declaration of Independence
Announced the thirteen American colonies and announced them as an indepent state. -
Battle of New York
British drove Washington to Long Island. Then Washington was forced to retreat to New Jersey. -
Battle of Trenton
British and Continental army was forced to retreat across New Jersey. -
Battle of Brandywine Creek
British forced Americans to withdraw capital of Philadelphia. -
Valley Forge
Unknown Day
It was a 6 month encampment of the continental army. It was a hungry, cold, ragged, and cramped December. -
Battle of Yorktown
The americans soliders were surronding yorktowns. Which put the British under siege. -
Treaty of Paris (ending American Revolution)
It was a signed document ending the American Revolutionary war between Great Britain and gave them there land.