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Sugar Act
A British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. Was designed to raise revenue from the American colonists in the 13 Colonies. The act set a tax on sugar. -
Stamp Act
Stated that all American colonist were required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Boston Massacre
A squad of British soldiers came to support a sentry who was being pressed by a heckling, snowballing crowd. The soldiers fired a valley of shots. Three people were killed immediately and two died later of their wounds. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of Massachusetts colonists board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor. This was a protest of the British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773. -
Battle Of Lexington & Concord
Hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Colonial riders sounded an alarm, colonial militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the Redcoat column. A confrontation on the Lexington town green started off the fighting, and soon the British were hastily retreating under intense fire. This started the Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
The 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists motivations for seeking independence. By declaring themselves an independent nation. Reflects several ideas of John Locke. -
Battle Of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War for the Colonies. 5,895 British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms. -
British surrender at Yorktown
British General Charles Cornwallis formally surrenders 8,000 British soldiers to a French and American force at Yorktown, Virginia, bringing the American Revolution to a close. -
Constitutional Convention
The hundred day debate known as the Constitutional Convention was one of the most momentous occurrences in United States Constitutional History. The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed. -
Ratification of the US Constitution
New Hampshire becomes the ninth and last necessary state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, thereby making the document the law of the land.
