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Revolution Timeline
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Proclamation
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Stamp Act
Required the use of stamped paper or stamps on various items - including trade items , commercial and legal documents. This was made to show that taxes had been paid on item -
Townshend Taxes
A series of acts to generate modest revenues for the crown.Indirect- Tea Also it made Parliament excise authority over the colonies and punish them for their violence and misbehavior during the stamp act crisis -
Boston Massacre
March 5 1770 , In a square near a custom house a mob of 60 people taunted and threw snowballs a at a sentry on duty . A town bell rang out brining more colonist to the scene , One solider was knocked out and got up and shot with out order. Eleven innocent colonist had been killed or wounded -
The Boston Tea Party
A group of people dressed up as Mohawk Indians , went to a ship when no one was there and chucked tea , 15, 000 pounds of it and 342 chest , colonist were cheering with joy -
The Intolerable Acts
A series of acts that were unfair to the colonist such as: The boston port bill
The quartering act
The administration of justice act
Massachusetts government act
The Quebec act -
The First Continental Congress
Took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Carpenters Hall . This is where John Adams,Peyton Randolph ,George Washington,Charles Thomson, and Joseph Galloway came together to abolish British Tyranny -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
This battle started off the American Revolution. The British tried to seize an arms cache that was in Concord. -
Second Continental Congress
This were some of the members of the First Continenetal Congress that joined up together and were trying to decided how to plan the british invasions, they decided to go slowly they also passed the "Declaration of Causes of Taking up Arms," which made Britian an Agressor also gave the Colonists the right to take up arms against the British. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British defeated the Colonist. Even though they lost they made lots of damage on the enemy thus giving them a confident boost. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Published in 1776 the book attacked the authority of the british goverment and the royal monarchy. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence is when America declared that they were now a free country. -
Battles of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga, comprising two significant battles during September and October of 1777, was a crucial victory for the Patriots during the American Revolution and is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War. This win showed France that America can handle their own so this is when the French decided to help the colonist. -
Battle at Yorktown
This was considere on of the most important battles in the American Revolution. Commanded by George Washington 17,000 French and Continental troops, cornerd the British's 9000 in Yorktown. No way out the British surrended to Washington effectively ending the War for Independence. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
