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American Revolution
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Stamp Act
A tax put on british goods including any piece of printed paper. -
Townshend Act
A tax put on goods including glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
A street fight that began between patroits and british soldiers and ended in bloodshead. -
Boston Tea Party
The distruction of tea in Boston. -
Intolerable Acts
Laws passed by the British to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their actions after the Boston Tea Party. -
Second Continental Congress
Meeting that started in Philadelphia that declared the American Revolution had begun -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The first great battle of the Revolutionary War fought near Boston. -
Olive Branch Petition
A letter to King George from the Second Continental Congress trying to prevent a war against the British -
Common Sense is published
A book written by Thomas Paine incurging encouraging Americans to fight for their independence from Great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
Writen by Thomas Jefferson and declared freedom from Great Britian. -
Trenton
George Washington led the Continental Army in Trenton. Although the battle was small almost all of the Hessian soldiers were captured. It also caused great loss to the Americans. -
Battle at Saratoga
British surrenedered to the Americans. Otherwise known as the turning point of the war. -
Yorktown
The American and the French fought together against the British.Cornwallis surrendered ending the war and ensuring independence. -
Treaty of Paris
A peace treaty ending the Revolutionary war.
