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The British parliament passed the Townshend Acts which imposed taxes on common products imported to the Colonies.
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British soldiers opened fire on a mob of colonists at the Custom House. <img src="https://kidskonnect.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/american-revolution-facts.jpg" alt="American Revolution Facts"/>
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The Townshend Acts were repealed.
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Letters written by Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson were published in a Boston newspaper saying freedoms were going to be taken away by Britain.
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Colonist dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped 300 chests of tea from the East India Company into the sea at Boston Harbor.
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Parliament passed four laws, the Intolerable Acts, that were harsh laws that stripped Massachusetts off of its power to govern itself and of judicial independence.
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The first American Revolution between British soldiers and the Minutemen.
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The first major battle in the American Revolutionary War. The British won the battle because they had more ammunition and experience in fighting.
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George Washington was appointed the commander in chief of the Continental Army by the Continental Congress.
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France started to give secret aids to the Continental Army.
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A small but vital war for the Americans. George Washington and his army defeated the Hessian soldiers at Trenton.
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War fought between the French and Britain. The French won and that denied the British troops evacuation and reinforcements.
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The battle against the French and the Americans and the British ended. The battle ended with Cornwallis' surrender and the start of peace negotiations between the warning parties.
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The British Parliament gave peace negotiations the nod.
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The date of the signing of the Treaty of Peace in Paris ended the American Revolutionary War.
