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The boston massacre was a street fight started on march 5,1770 Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. nine british soldiers were involved in the boston massacre. -
The boston tea party was an american political and mercantile on december 16 ,1773. The boston tea party was important because it led up to the revolutionary war by the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians, boarded a tea ship, and threw off 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
The passage of the intolerable acts happened on March 31 ,1774. The Parliament passed four acts that they described as the Coercive Acts but quickly became known in America as the Intolerable Acts because they perceived The British parliament was involved to punish the colony of massachusetts bay for the boston tea party. -
Creation of the Continental Congress started on September 5,1774 with delegates from each of the 13 colonies except Georgia. Patrick Henry, George Washington, John and Samuel Adams are some that came to the continental congress by meeting in the secret session. The Congress balanced the interests of the different colonies and also established itself as the official colonial liaison to Great Britain. -
Paul Revere’s Ride was a race to Concord to warn Patriots Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops - 700 of them - were marching to Concord to arrest them. This event was to warn patriot leaders in hiding in lexington Dr Joseph warren was the one who was responsible for Paul Revere's ride it gave him the task of rising to Lexington Massachusetts with news for British soldiers stationed in Boston were about to march into the countryside northwest of the town. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord fought on April 19,1775 By kicking off the american revolutionary war. This war happened because the British marched into Lexington and Concord intended to suppress the possibility of rebellion by seizing weapons from the colonists. This war was important because it was the famous 'shot heard 'round the world' -
June 17,1775 New England soldiers faced the British army for the first time in a pitched battle taking place throughout a hilly landscape of fenced pastures. The Americans patriots were defeated to prove that they can hold their own against the superior british army. This event was important because the fierce fight confirmed that any reconciliation between England and her American colonies was no longer possible. -
On June 7,1776 a guy named Richard Henry lee introduced a motion in the congress declaration of independence. However, Congress did form a committee to draft a declaration of independence and assigned this duty to Thomas Jefferson.confirm an official alliance with the Government of France and obtain French assistance in the war against Great Britain was the outcome of the declaration of independence -
This was one of the most decisive American battles of the Revolutionary War, Saratoga ended British general John Burgoyne's attempt to control the Hudson River Valley on september 19,1777. The battles of Saratoga were important because they assured critical international recognition and aid and helped secure the independence of the United States. The superior british army was involved on september 19,1777. -
The Treaty of Paris was signed by the U.S. and the British representative ended the war of the american revolution on September 3,1783. The Spanish, French, British, and American representatives were involved in the treaty of Paris. ended the american revolution and also formally recognized the United States as an independent nation was the outcome.