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king george iii became more unpopular in america with every new tax levied
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The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773.
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with the intent to suppress unrest in colonial Boston by closing the port and placing it under martial law
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the colonists declare independence from great britain
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the Americans and french trap general Cornwallis's army at Yorktown Virginia. British surrender.
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developed by the 2nd continental congress in 1777 set up a central government with a 1 house legislature
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ended the american Revelations. Benjamin Franklin was chief negotiator