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Rebellious nature of the colonists
Colonist’s rebelled for many reasons. Some of the reasons was that they were being taxed on many things that they believed shouldn’t be taxed, for quartering troops on them, for taking away their Charters and much more. -
Boycott of British goods
Colonists began to boycott on the British goods because they realized that they shouldn’t be taken for granted. They colonists wanted to be their own colony now. In order to make the British lower their taxed, the colonists boycotted the goods so that way they would be put out of business. -
Navigation Act: Stamp Act
The stamp act was passed on March 22, 1765 by the British Parliament. This act was where any printed paper that was used was taxed. Some of the things that were taxed would be playing cards, newspaper, licenses, documents and more. All the taxes would be would go be used to pay the cost for the defending and protecting the American frontier. -
Intolerable Acts
The Quartering Acts were established on March 24, 1765. The King sent his troops over to Boston and the colonists were to house and feed the troops. If the colonists did not do this they would be shot. This law was than expired in 1767. -
Quartering act
The Quartering Acts were established on March 24, 1765. The King sent his troops over to Boston and the colonists were to house and feed the troops. If the colonists did not do this they would be shot. This law was than expired in 1767. -
New world Enriches the King
King George kept all the profits from trade and he left the colonists with almost nothing. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was started in Boston, Massachusetts to protest against the Stamp Act. The Sons of Liberty also protested against the Townshend Acts and the Tea Tax. The leader of the Sons of Liberty is the "Father of American Independence" (Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, James Otis, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Doctor Joseph Warren). -
Boston Massacre
in 1770, the Massacre began. This was a pre-revolution growing with anger against the British troops sent to Boston to maintain the Townshend Acts. On March 5, 1770, the British fired at a rioting group and killed 5 men. the British captain, Thomas Preston and his men were tried for murder with Robert Treat Paine, John Adams and Josiah Quincy for the death of the 5 men. Preston and six men were acquitted, two men were found guilty for manslaughter, and they were then punished and discharged from -
Boston Tea Party
The British passes the Tea Act in 1773. Resulting in the tea tax, colonies refused to buy British tea, instead they stole the tea in form Holland. With this happening, the British East Indian Company had warehouse of unsold tea putting the company in danger. the British East Indian Company was not going to go out of business and they were going to force the colonists to buy their tea. The Prime Minister North and the British Parliament pass the Tea Act on May, 1773. on December 16, 1773, the So -
First Continental Congress
The colonies held the First Continental; Congress in 1774. the representatives (except for Georgia) talked about their response to the British "Intolerable Acts." The congress had three objectives; to compose a statement of rights, to identify the parliament’s violation to those rights, and to make a plan that would convince the British to give those rights back. The members of this congress agreed to boycott against British goods. They also said that they would meet again in May 1775 if the Bri -
Gage is given permission to use force against colonists
Thomas Gage was a British General. He served as military governor of Montreal before he was assigned Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1763. when the colonists opposed to the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts, he did not want to clash citizens and soldiers together. In 1775, Gage was given permission to use force against the colonists. -
Lexington and Concord
On the 18th of April, the British governor of Massachusetts sent out that him and 700 regulars were going to attack and destroy military stores collected by the colonists at Concord. Paul Revere and Williams Dawes were sent out to give warning. Then next sunrise, the detachments found some minutemen standing and assembled on the Lexington green. The British shot and killed 10 men and wounded 8 Americans. the regulars than marched to concord and saw that they outnumbered the Americans so the Amer -
Second Continental Congress
on May 10, 1775, members held a Second Continental Congress. There were many new delegates. some of them were; John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. this meeting started with the memories of the Concord Lexington battle memories. the Second Continental Congress established that the militia would represent the thirteen states, and also electing George Washington as a Commander in Chief. -
Bunker Hill
The battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17th, 1775. This battle was held on the Charleston peninsula on North side of Boston Harbor. This was a battle between the Americans and British. The British had 2,400 troops while the Americans had 1,500 troops. On the 15th of June, the Americans had heard that the British were planning to take over Charleston peninsula. The British were camping out on the bunker and breeds hill giving them a much greater advantage on winning the battle. Technically -
Declaration of Independence
The declaration of independence was written and adopted by Thomas Jefferson. This document states that the British colonies of North America sought out independence on July 1776. this document is not officially divided but is commonly referred to in the five distinct parts; the Introduction, the Preamble, the Indictment of King George the Third, the Denunciation of the British people and the Conclusion. The Introduction talks about how the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God...saying that people -
Battle of Trenton and Princeton NJ
The battle of Trenton and Princeton took place on December 25, 1776. On that day, Washington led 6,000 troops across the Delaware Riverton surprise 1,400 British and hessian troops at Trenton. They captured 900 troops. General Cornwallis (British general) arrived with 7,000 troops to force American troops out. That night, Washington led his army around the British to defeat an outpost. This caused Cornwallis to retreat. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga took place in 1777. General Burgoyne was the commander of the British and German troop, Major Gate and Arnold commanded to American troops. The size of the British troops was about 5,000 while the Americans had about 12,000 to 14,000. The battle started in Bemis Heights, New York which also looks over the Hudson River. This battle began on September 19, 1777. The British were stronger in the beginning but the Americans fought back. General Burgoyne almost lost before the t -
Article of Confederation passed and become transitional Government
On 1777, members of the Continental Congress decided that they should make some written rules of how they are organized. As a result, Articles Of Confederation was written and then passed by the Congress in November. -
Surrender at Yorktown
Battle of Yorktown was that last major battle of the American Revolution. Washington and Rochambeau's army met on September 28, 1781. The British troops surrendered on October 19, 1781. This battle was between the American and French against the British. The American and French combined had about 16,600 troops while the British had 6,000. The battle ended on October 19th, 1781. The British put a whit flag in the air saying that they surrender. For a few days, there were letters and articles bein -
Changes in cultural for the British life
There wasn’t much change for the British life. Not much did happen and economically, they depended on Great Britain. For their kings, the only change was that the kings changed. -
Unified country
The United States became a country in 1783 when the signing of the Treaty of Paris took place which officially announced the end of the American Revolution and when the US was independent. The Constitution was completed on March 4, 1789. -
Women begin to gain property rights
before marriage, women's property acts were passed. if a woman was married she did not have any right to control property, control wages or rents, transfer property, and sell property of get law suits. before 1848, some laws were passed in the United States giving women some rights for property rights. in 1848, New York passed a law stating that when a woman gets married than she does not lose her right to the land she owns. even if the women is marries, only she has the right to sell her proper -
Slavery begins to be abolished in the North
The North abolished slavery in the 19th century...although some states did not actually stop until 1860. slavery was abolished because people thought that it was wrong to sell humans for labor under cruel conditions. Also, the Thirteenth Amendment was part of the abolishment of slavery. Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in the United States in 1865. -
More people begin to vote
More people began to vote because there were more privileges. Also, women were able to vote now too raising the votes due to the Fourteenth Amendment on July 28, 1868. Also, Slavery was abolished by then, so even black people were able to vote now. -
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http://www.americanrevolutionarywar.net/
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http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/revolutionarywartimeline.htm
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