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This Act was passed by Parliament which allowed taxation on documents and printed items.
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Many coloinst joined together in secret to protest against the law.
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The Stamp Act was repealed but the Declatory Act was passed the same day. It allowed Parliament to blind and shut out the colonies and the people living there.
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The Townshend Act taxed goods coming into the colonies. This caused many coloinst to boycott British goods.
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On this day a fight broke out between the Bristish soldiers and the coloinst. This added to the extreme tension between these two forces.
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The Act allowed the British East Indian Company to not tax colonist on tea. This did not change the colonist mind, they stayed strong and boycotted.
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On this Decemeber day a group of Boston Colonist dressed up as Native Americans threw tea off a ship anchored in the harbor.
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In 1774, Parlament passed a series of Acts that the colonist named the Intolerable Acts.
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In Septmember 1774, 56 colonist met in Philadelphia and came up with ideas for colonial rights.
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The first battle of the American Revolution between the colonist and the British soliders. The colonist gain a great lead after this short battle.
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Colonial leaders met for a second time to discuss their next move in the Revolutionary War.
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Wriiten by Thomas Paine, 50 page pamphlet that was against King George and the monarchy.
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Early summer of 1776, Continental Congress wrote a document about John Locke's natural rights "Life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness."
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Britian with the help from German soldiers thousands of ships into the New York harbor.
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On a cold Christmas night, Washington, led the colonist across the Delaware River for surprise attack.
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On October 17, American troops surrounded, British General Buroyne, which led to his surrender.
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Americans defeated the world's greatest military force, Britian.
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Delegates signed this document that confirmed the colonist their independence as the U.S.
