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This act put a tax on sugar half the amount of the earlier molasses act, but enforced the tax a lot more forcing us to pay.
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This is an act that Britain made that required the colonists to pay for an official tax on stamps or seal when they bought paper items.
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The Boston Massacre was when British soldiers shot and killed 5 civilians. This was known as "the incedent on King street". 6 people were also injured in this event.
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The tea act was an act by Parliment to put a tax on tea. the colonists didn't like this tax and this eventually led to the boston tea party.
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The Boston tea party is when we got our revenge for the Parliments taxes. Some Americans dressed up as indians and went on a British ship and threw the tea into the harbor.
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This act was made after the boston tea party as a reaction and it meant that british soldiers were allowed to stay in American citizens homes.
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This was the first Militia engagement of the Revoloutionary war. The British had 700 people on their side and we had 500 militia and minutemen. we lost the battle of Lexington and Concord
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The Battle of Bunker hill was an interesting battle. We were originally suposed to have the battle on bunker hill but we ended up having it on breeds hill. the British forced up the hill only 3 times before we ran out of supplys and surrendered.
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This battle was the first big defeat for the Americans, but one of their generals were killed, Benedict Arnold (the traitor) was wounded and over 400 men were taken prisoner.
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The Battle of Trenton was fought on Christmas after General Washington led his troops to temporary safety with general Cornwallis close on his side.
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This battle was were we surrounded the British and we beat them with not many casualtys. This was a HUGE turnaround in the war and one of the reasons we won.
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This battle was the last major battle of the revoloution. We won this battle and because of this battle we won the war. after this all there was, were a few small battles in the end of the war.
