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Stamp Act
British Parliament put a direct tax on printed paper, newspapers, dice, playing cards, legal documents, and other paper goods. -
Quartering Act
An act that ordered colonial governments to find housing and provide supplies for British soldiers. -
Townsend Act
The Townsend Acts taxed essential goods imported from Britain including glass, chinaware, lead, paint, paper, and tea. This angered the colonists even more and they felt the British were abusing their power. -
1st Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from all of the colonies except for Georgia, where they discussed boycotting British goods as a whole and where they planned to have a Second Continental Congress. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This was the first battle of the Revolutionary War. The British won the battle, but the colonists gained a major confidence boost realizing they were worthy of putting up a great fight against England. This battle also established the fact that England probably wouldn't be able to gain control over the colonies again. -
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
This was a 47-page pamphlet that united colonial citizens' and leaders' to pursue Independence from England. This also opened many colonists' eyes to the British rule tyranny that was going on. -
Battle of Saratoga
This battle was the first victory for the colonist and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary war. This victory helped to persuade the French to give militia help to the colonists as England was an enemy of France as well. This helped the colonists because they were provided extra men on their side to help battle the British Redcoats. -
Battle of Saratoga
This battle was the turning point in the war. It was the first victory for the colonists. It also persuaded the French to help the colonists as England was also a threat to France. -
Battle of Yorktown
This was the last major battle fought in the Revolutionary war ending with the British surrender. This battle cemented the colonies as no longer a part of Britain. This also cemented George Washington as a good leader and was a major factor in his election as the first president of the United States. -
Treaty of Paris (1783)
This document was a peace treaty negotiated between the United States and Great Britain that officially ended the revolutionary war and recognized the independence of the thirteen states.
