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An act of stamp duty. (a tax on the legal recognition of documents).
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British, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed several people while under harassment by a mob.
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Boston patriots, dressed as Indians, and stole three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped 342 containers of tea into the water
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The first meeting with all 13 colonies in Philadelphia.
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his famous ride to warn the colonists that the "British are coming".
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battle where William Prescott told the American troops "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes".
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George Washington and his troops cross the Delaware River and surprise the enemies.
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The Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
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The Continental Congress adopts the "Stars and Stripes" Flag sewn by Betsy Ross.
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British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army to the Americans after suffering defeat at the Battles of Saratoga.
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France recognized the United States as an independent country with the Treaty of Alliance.
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The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. The british surrender.
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- Defined the official government of the United States
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- Treaty that officially ended the war.