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The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
Paul Revere's Ride tells the story of Paul Revere and his historic ride to warn the town that the British soldiers were coming. It details Revere making the plan with the other soldier and continues through his ride and the resulting interaction between the British and American soldiers. -
On 5 March 1770, Parliament rescinded the Townshend duties on four of the five commodities that had been taxed; the duty on tea remained in force. Outraged patriots sought to shore up sagging efforts to boycott tea by appealing to merchants and the citizenry. But people loved their tea, and their resolve weakened. -
The Coercive Acts of 1774, known as the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Spurred by local pressure groups, colonial legislatures empowered delegates to attend a Continental Congress which would set terms for a boycott. The colony of Connecticut was the first to respond. The Congress first met in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774, with delegates from each of the 13 colonies except Georgia. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord | National Army Museum
The Battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775, the famous 'shot heard 'round the world', marked the start of the American War of Independence (1775-83). Politically disastrous for the British, it persuaded many Americans to take up arms and support the cause of independence -
The American patriots were defeated at the Battle of Bunker Hill, but they proved they could hold their own against the superior British Army, The fierce fight confirmed that any reconciliation between England and her American colonies was no longer possible -
On June 11, Congress recessed for three weeks. During this period the Committee of Five John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence -
the Battle of Freeman's Farm Saratoga National Historical Park Battle of Freeman's Farm,It was a British tactical victory they held the field of battle at the end of the day.Strategically, however, this was an American victory in that it prevented further advancement of the British Army. -
The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution. Based on a 1782 preliminary treaty, the agreement recognized U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory.