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Toxation without representation
at the leaves were just changing color in october of 1774, the colonies were experiencing a lot of trouble because of unfair taxation, lack of representation in the british parliament, and the restricton of colonial freedoms; even so less than one- third of the colonist really wanted independence from britain. -
Outbreak of the revolutionay war
The night before the outbreak of the revolutionary war, the steeple of this boston church glowed with the light of two lanterns. -
The second continental congress begins
A few weeks after the outbreak of war, representatives from the thirteen colonies formed the second continental congress that would serve as an emergency goverrnment throughout the war. -
The battle of bunker hill
the battle of bunker hill was the secod, and the bloodiest battle of the revolutianary war. -
War in new york,new jersey, and pennsylvania
A month after the american defeat at bunker hill,general washing took command of the militias around boston.his plan was to drive the redcoast from the city if britain refused to accept america's offer of peace. -
The cannos ward in boston and were 12.
march of 1776The cannons were in boston and were 12 pointed directly at the enemy. -
The declaration of independece.
With the arrival of summer in 1776, thomas jefferson and other members of a special congressional committe were busy at work writing the declaration of indepence, america's most famous historical document. -
The campaing in the southern states
In 1778, summer after valley forge, the british under tool a major military campaing in the southern state where a lot of people were againts indepemdece. so the british abandoned philadelpia and soon warfare ende in the north. -
The last battle of the revolutionary war.
By october of 1781, a large force of british troops led by general cornwallis had reached yorktown, virgina, a old tobacco port near the chesapeake bay, where the last of the revolutionary war to be fought -
The shooting stopped and they surrer dered.
A fresh fleet had battled the ships coming to help the enemy's army and forced thjem to turback british were trapped
