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treaty of paris
ended the revoultionary war -
the stamp act
A tax on leagl documents , required that a stamp be baught for all leagl documemnts and other items such as playing cards -
Townshed act
imported goods are higher in price such as tea,sugar,pots, etc. -
Boston Massacre
A drunken mob harrasses british soldiers,the soldiers shoot the crowd point blank killing 3 people , and injuring six -
Boston tea party
In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 cartons of tea into the harbor -
intolarable acts
the American Patriots' name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. -
second continential congress
was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775 -
olive branch pention
was the last attempt by Congress to avoid the Revolutionary War with Great Britain -
common sense is published
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776 -
Decloration of independance
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776 -
the battle of trenton
george washington attacked drunk heshin soldiers on christmas night -
battle at saratoga
another british army led by general burgoyne objective was to cut new england off from the rest of the colonies -
battle of yorktown
washington joined cornwall army and sufferdmany casualties
