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Thomas Paine who was a writer publishes his pamphlet Common Sense setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence at the beginning of the American Revolution, and it became popular immediately
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The Sugar Act aimed for British legislation for ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities
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Stamp Act was revenues to meet the costs of defending the enlarged British Empire Enraged colonists nullified the Stamp Act through outright refusal to use the stamps as well as by riots and stamp burning
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The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament that taxed goods which taxed colonists for every piece of paper they imported to the American colonies
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British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston opened fire and killed five people the incident was the Boston massacre
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The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston they boycotted and threw tea into the Boston harbor
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met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts it accomplished a compact among the colonies
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the speech helped convince those in who were there to begin preparing Virginia troops for war against Great Britain the result was Royal Governor Lord Dunmore removing gunpowder from the magazine
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between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts the Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord signaled the start of the American Revolutionary war. The British Army set out from Boston to catch rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington as well as to destroy the Americans store of weapons
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The Battle of Bunker Hill was considered the bloodiest battle for the British during the American Revolutionary War. The British won the battle
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The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule. People in the colonies were unhappy that they did not have a say in their government and still had to pay taxes
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he was a Connecticut teacher and captain in the Continental Army and was executed by the British for spying. Nathan Hale joined a Connecticut regiment in 1775 he also graduated from yale
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Washington crossed the Delaware River so that his army could attack troops located at Trenton, New Jersey George Washington's aim was to conduct a surprise attack and it worked
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Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga because they were out of supplies and out of options,
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France and the United States created a military alliance to fight against Great Britain
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it was the immortal resort of Captain John Paul Jones to a request to surrender as he and his crew engaged in a desperate battle
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when he first took up arms against King George III he became a rebel guilty of high treason under English law Benedict Arnold was burned in effigy and his name has been traitor. The British didn't treat him very well after the war either.
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The Articles were signed by Congress and sent to the individual states for ratification after 16 months of debate. Virginia and Maryland arguing over land delayed final ratification for almost four more years. Many people realized that the Articles were a flawed compromise, but believed that it was better than an absence of formal national government.
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the terms of the treaty, In the Treaty of Paris, the British Crown formally recognized American independence most of its territory east of the Mississippi River to the United States to settle the boundary of the United States and Canada
