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