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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed to raise money . The British repealed the Law and little money was raised. -
Protest of Stamp Act
The colonists were not represented in Parliament and they were taxed without their consent. They protested against the stamp act by boycotting and making petitions. -
Gaspee Affair
The gaspee affair was a very important event that led up to the American Reveloution. Lieutenant William Dudingston sailed HMS Gaspée into Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay to aid in the enforcement of customs collection and inspection of cargo. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dressed as Indians and went aboard the British ships. They then threw over millions of dollors worth of tea. The British responded by passing the Intolerable Acts. -
Quebec Act
It was passed by the British to estabalish the French Civil law. It also passed the practice of Roman Catholic religion in Quebec. The boundaries of Quebec were extended and gave them control of trade. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress met to decide how to help Massachusetts resist Intolerable Acts. The colonist pled to the King to repeal the Intolerable Acts and boycotted taxed goods. they also called another congress in 1775 -
Committees of Correspondence Estabalished
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Committees of Correspondence Estabalished was governments organized by the patriots of the 13 colonies on the night before the american Reveloution. The discussed there plan against the British -
Writing of Declaration of Independence
56 people signed the Declaration of Independence: people from the 13 solonies;
Connecticut (4): Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott
Delaware (3): Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean
Georgia (3): Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton
Maryland (4): Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Massachusetts (5): John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry
New Hampshire (3): Josiah Bartlett, Will -
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere was sent to ride his horse to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were coming.Two lanterns had were hung in the bell-tower of Christ Church in Boston, which ment that troops were coming by sea across the Charles River to Cambridge, rather than marching by land. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first shots of the American reveloution were fired in Lexington. The british were sent to destroy all of the weapons tha twere stored in Concord. -
Second Conitinental Congress
It was a convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It managed the colonial war effort and moved toward independence. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
!5,000 colonial troops got -
Olive Branch Petition
It was an attempt to assert the right of the colonists while maintaining thier loyalty to the British. King George refused to read the petition and said that the colonists had "proceeded to open and avowed rebellion" -
Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
The Proclamation for Supptressing Rebellion and Sedition was after the Battle of Bunker Hill and George III of the United Kingdom issued it declaring elements of the American colonies in a state of "open and avowed rebellion". -
Common Sense Published
The common sense was written by Thomas Paine during the American Reveloution and it gave colonist and argument against the british rule. -
Declartation of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is symbolic of liberty for the nation.It set forth a list of rules against the King in order to justify before the world the breaking of ties between the colonies and the mother country.
