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Stamp Act
The Stamp act was a direct tax imposed on the British Parliment, on printed materials. It required many printed materials to be made on paper printed in London. These documents included legal documents, magazines, and newspapers. -
The protest Of the Stamp Act
The protest was in response to a ridiculous act that taxed the Colonies cruly. The protest occured in Massachussetts, Rhode Island, New York, as well as other colonies. There were street demonstrations where there was violence and protesting. -
Gaspee Affair
A British ship enforcing unwanted trade laws was robbed and destroyed by a group of men led by Abraham Whipple and John Brown. -
Comitee of Correspondance
They were shadowed governments that overode the royal officials and colonial legislature. A total of 7000 to 8000 patriots served in these comitees. These comitees worked at colonial and local levels. -
Boston Tea Party
This was a political protest by the "Sons Of Liberty", in which a tax on tea imports was protested. This demonstration involved the discarding of 342 chests of English Tea into the Atlantic Ocean. On that there was no tea allowed in Boston. -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was the resoration of Quebec to Roman Catholic Faith. In regards to the colonies, it was considered as one of the intolerable acts. It was to serve as a model of the colonies as to what was going to happen to them. They were to be stripped of their political freedom. -
Coercive Acts
The coercive acts (also reffered to as the Intolerable Acts), were a series of ridiculous laws passed by the British on the Colonies. They were a series of taxes and punsihments,. Four of these acts were passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from 12 Colonies. It was called to find an appropriate response to the Coercive Acts. -
Paul Revere's Ride
This was the ride of Paul Rever to warn his fellow patriots of the British Military attach that night. He was infromed of the British invasion by Joesph Warren. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
These were the beginning battles of the American Revolutionary War. British military was instructed to find a stash of weapons and other war supplies, but ended up retreating to the patriots. -
Second Continental Congress
This was a convention of Delegates from the thirteen colonies, who had great importance. The kept tabs on the colonial war effort, and helped towards the strive for freedom and the writting of the Declaration of Independance. They raised armies, directed strategy, wrote formal treaties and even came up with diplomats. -
George Washington Appointed General
He led a victory in Trenton, New Jersey, suprising the Hessian troops. This led to the American control of Trenton and Princeton.This forced the British troops to spend the harsh winter in New York City. In 1777, he led the American troops to victory at Valley Forge. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This battle took place during the Seige of Boston, on Breed's hill. William Prescott led the American troops through a brutal loss due to lack of ammunition. The British captured Breed's hill, but suffered heavy casualties and over 800 deaths. -
Olive Branch Petition
This petition confirmed the colonies' allegiance to Great Britain. At the time, America was at risk of a full-blown war against Britain to gain their independence. The colonies knew they weren't currently strong and organized enough to win, so they postponed the war with this petition. -
Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
This event declared the state of the colonies to officially in a state of rebellion. It also gave total, and complete discretion to the British officials to do whatever was necessary to "suppress" the rebellion. This event gave new meaning to the arguments between Britain and its colonies. It gave headway to the turmoil to come. -
Common Sense Published
It was a publised book that gave reason to the fight for independance against Britain, at a time when the colonies were undecided on their stand. This book had the largest sales of any book during its year of publish. It even went as far as to link independance to religion. -
British Evacuate Boston
On March 4th, General John Thomas led a force of 1200 laborers and 800 American troops to Dorchester Heights. They began setting up artillery and other military defenses secretly. They were given extra time to prepare themselves due to a storm that delayed the British from attacking. A British general realized that the Americans were much more prepared and retreated to Nova Scotia. -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jeffreson along with other enlightenment thinkers came together to create a document declaring the colonies independence from England. -
Writing of Declaration of Independence
This document had the largest impact on American History. This document effectively declared the thirteen Colonies independance. This Document also stated that the colonies did not regard themselves as a part of Britain, and it was a New Era in American history. -
British Pulled out of Virginia
During the battle of York, the British were falling to the Americans due to many casualties and a limited number of weapons. British reinforcements failed to arrive during the battle, causing one of the British generals to surrender and later sign a treaty.
