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the sugar act was meant to grow the British economy by taxing the colonists, this was significant because it eventually birthed the slogan "no taxation without representation
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Like the Sugar Act, it was meant to raise money for the British in a unique way by stamping a product The British got a portion of the money when a colonist bought something
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The Townshend act was to assert dominance into the British hands by claiming its their historic right, to the colonist this indicated that the Brits did not care about their moral's
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British army detachment that was threatened by crowd harassment opened fire and killed five people, an incident soon known as the Boston Massacre.
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Protesting both a tax on tea (taxation without representation).
people boarded ships at anchor and dumped some £10,000 worth of tea into the harbor -
the British Parliament Created four measures that became the Intolerable Acts
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the First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia. Fifty-six delegates represented all the colonies except Georgia. this congress was gathered to figure out what to do with the British
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“I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” this was in response to the British not acknowledging the American Colonists
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. this event was known as "The Shot Heard Around The World".
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Breed’s Hill in Charlestown was the primary focus, in the misleadingly named Battle of Bunker Hill, which was part of the American siege of British-held Boston.
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this book was a top seller in America for a long time even after the war because it really swung people to believe in full peace and independence from the Brits
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After the Congress recommended that colonies form their own governments, the Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson and revised in committee. On July 2 the Congress voted for independence; on July 4 it adopted the Declaration of Independence.
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Having been forced to abandon New York City and driven across New Jersey by the British, George Washington and the Continental Army struck back on Christmas night. this event was significant because it really brought the war mentality back to the Americans
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Moving south from Canada in summer 1777, a British force under Gen. John Burgoyne captured Fort Ticonderoga (July 5) before losing decisively at Bennington, Vermont (August 16), and Bemis Heights, New York (October 7). after a long fought battle the Americans force a surrender
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The French had secretly furnished financial and material aid to the Americans since 1776, but with the signing in Paris of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance. The Americans befriended the French (the British enemy).
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Having fought valiantly in a number of battles earlier in the war, American Gen. Benedict Arnold conspired with the British to surrender the fort at West Point, New York, that he commanded. When John André, the British army officer with whom Arnold had negotiated, was hanged as a spy after he was captured and the plot revealed, Arnold took sanctuary with the British. Benedict Arnold branded himself a Traitor because of past battles and lectures.
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The Articles of Confederation, a plan of government organization that served as a bridge between the initial government by the Continental Congress and the federal government provided under the U.S. Constitution of 1787, were written in 1776–77 and adopted by the Congress on November 15, 1777.
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After winning a costly victory at Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, on March 15, 1781, Lord Cornwallis entered Virginia to join other British forces there, setting up a base at Yorktown. Cornwallis surrendered his army of more than 7,000 men on October 19, 1781. after this battle it marked the end of most of the wars on American soil
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After the British defeat at Yorktown, the land battles in America largely died out—but the fighting continued at sea, chiefly between the British and America’s European allies, which came to include Spain and the Netherlands. The military verdict in North America was reflected in the preliminary Anglo-American peace treaty of 1782, which was included in the Treaty of Paris of 1783. End to all war in the America
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George Washington was inaugurated as the first president. The path to the presidency, and the task of leading a new nation, was uncharted territory for which there was no precedent.
