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The war between the American Colonists of the British Empire versus the French who allied with the Native American tribes.
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The parliament decreased the taxes, duties, and customs on molasses and sugar. -
All legal documents in the American Colonies had to cary a tax stamp -
A series of acts that taxed the American Colony's imported goods passed by British Parliament. -
A confrontation between British soldiers and an angry mob in Boston where several people were shot and killed. -
A protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston Massachusetts where 342 chests of tea were dumped into the Boston harbour. -
A series of four acts the were passed to punish the Massachusettes Bay colony for the Boston tea party. -
The Royal Navy creates a blockade that closed all commercial traffic to and from Boston Harbour -
The Committees of Correspondence called the first continental congress in response to the Intolerable acts which took place in Philadelphia. -
The British bombarded and burned the coastal towns of Norfolk, Falmouth and Massachusetts.
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The first military engagements of the American Revolution were battles of Lexington and Concord in Middlesex County. -
The American patriots where defeated by the British soldiers in the first stage of the American Revolutionary war. -
This was when the Second Continental Congress finally declared the independence of the 13 American colonies from Britain. -
This battle was fought on the western side of Long Island and was an act against the American Revolution. -
Valley forge was where the American Continental army became a legitimate fighting unit while they were camped there during the winter of 1777-1778
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The American Continental army decided the country would need a flag that represented the 13 colonies and it was on that day when the American flag was created and still used to this day. -
These battles were the climax of the Saratoga which gave the Americans the deciding victory against the British army.
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This battle was fought between the U.S. forces who were being led by Brigadier General Daniel Morgan, and the British forces led by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton near the town of Cowpens. -
The last major land battle in the North American region of the American Revolutionary war.
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The official treaty signed between America and Britain that signified the end of the American Revolution.