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Stamp Act
Stamp Act was a new tax the british made. The tax was small but insulted the colonists, because it seemed to set a standard for them, that the british would look down at thm. -
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US History Timeline
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Gaspee Affair
A British Navy Ship led by St. Puddington was seeing other American ship's cargoes. One day the british ship Gaspee runs aground on June 9, 1772. When news spread of the ship, 55 colonial men, all led by John Brown, attacked the ship the following day. They wounded and captured the crew. Forcing them to watch the ship was looted and set to fire. -
Committees of Correspondence Esthablished
This group was also known as "The voice of the Patriots". This comitee was the "driving force" of the December 16 1773 Boston Tea party the "sons of liberty" and the comitee worked together to dump the tea into the habor. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party took place on the 16. Of December 1773.It was an act against the british tax policy. The inhabitans of the city of Boston went to the Habour and threw 342 Crates of tee of the east inda trading company into the water. -
Quebec Act
Quebec act was a decision from the parament of Britain. It should change the relationship between the british and the colonies. It was singed by the king on the 22 June of 1774 and was valid on the 1. Mai 1775. It was in valid until 1791 -
First Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress was from the 5, September to the 26 of October, 1774. In the Congress there were from the people elected Delegates out of the thirteen colonies. The Congress had two goals. The first one was to boycott all british commodities and the secon one was to prepare the second Colonial Congress. They succeded both. -
Coercive Acts
The King George punishes the inhabitans of Boston for destroying british property. There have been four acts. -
Paul Rever's Ride
Paul Rever's Ride is a poem that was written in 1860 and published 1861 by the american poet Henry Wadsworth Long Kellow. It telles the story of Paul Rever's midnight ride to all providers in massatussetts, warning the people that the Redcoats were comming, and to prepare for fight -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The American revolution started off on April 18, 1775. The British planned to sneak into Boston to steal an arm cache. Paul Reverse and other riders warned the colonial militiamen. The British retreated and the american Revolution started the next day April 19, 1775. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress. Started meeting on the 10 may 1775. It was a congress with delegates out of the thirteen colonies who came together in Philadelfia .The congress managed the coloial war.The congress was like the government of the colonies.The congress accepted the decleration of independence on the 4 th of July in 1776. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill took place on the 17 June 1775 during the attack of Boston. The battle took place on Breed’s Hill. During the Battle the british oust the amercican militias. The brithis lost many troops, and the battle showed hwo taff the American militias fought -
George Washington Appointed Gneral
The Continental Congress elected George Washington as a genareal of the continental army on June 19 .1775 -
Olive Branch Petition
Olive Branch Prtition (5. July 1775) was the last advice from the colonist kongresses to the the british King to change his tax policy. The colonist wanted only to pay taxes to their own parlaments.(They wanted to be presented by a paralemt what they pay for) -
Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
King George lll started that, because of the colonies' rebellion. They had to suffer severe penalty. -
British pull out of virginia
Patriot Troops attack Virginia's Gouvaneur and defed him. The british troups pulled out of virginia. -
Common sense Published.
It was written by Thomas Paine, a pamphiet. The Point of common sense was to challege the royal anarchy, and question the revolution. -
British evacuate Boston
British troop evacuate Boston after Geogre Washington succeded with placing canons on Dorchester Height, from where the canons can reach the southern part of Boston. There was no fight by getting Boston from the British by the American Patriots. -
Protest of Stamp Act
The Stamp Act Protest was because of the new tax fro every document or news paper. The Protest started with refusals to pay the tax and with little demage of property of british officers. In October 1765 delegates of the 13 colonies came together in New York to protest against the tax. But only six delegates agreed to sign a petition to the king. -
Writing Decleration of independece
The Decleration of Independence was dnaked adn written by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28 1776. It was sent to the King George. There are 26´5 other copies of the decleration of independence. -
Decleration of independence
The decleration of independence was created by Thomas Jefferson.It stated that the 13 colonies, originated from great Britain, had rights and were braking away.
