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The British attempt to cover the cost of the 7 years' war.
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This was his 29th birthday. He offered 7 resolutions to the Stamp
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Stated that the King had the same right to tax people in the colonies as he did in Great Britain.
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A series of acts to replace the Stamp Acts.
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A formal collective decision made by Boston merchants and traders to not export any goods to Great Britain.
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6 people murdered by British soldiers.
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The HMS Gaspee, a British anti-smuggling ship was beached in Rhode Island and the Sons of Liberty set fire to the ship.
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Granted the British East India tea company the right to directly ship its tea to America and to the export of tea from Britain. It received the royal assent. Imposed a tax on tea not from the British East India company and lowered the price of tea from the company.
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Boston men threw crates of tea into the harbor.
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It discontinued for a time the landing, discharging, and shipping, of goods and wares into Boston.
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It protected British officials charged with capital offenses during law enforcement by allowing them to go to England or another colony for trial.
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It gave England's royally-appointed governor wide-ranging powers.
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Designed to force local governments to provide provisions and housing to British soldiers stationed in the Colonies.
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Convened to discuss their different opinions concerning the British offenses.
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Revere rode to warn the militia of British soldiers burning their supplies.
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The first military engagement of the American Revolutionary War.
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Second military engagement of the Revolutionary war.
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Convention of delegates from the 13 colonies.
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Fought during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
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A pamphlet by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
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The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, and 12 of the 13 colonies voted for independence
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Before, the war had been thought of as an uprising within the British Empire.
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He was hung for spying on British troops.
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A small but pivotal battle during the Revolutionary War; took place in the morning in Trenton, New Jersey.
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The Continental Congress chooses a national flag.
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Suprise victory for the American colonists.
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He fought for America.
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American victory proved to be a major turning point during the REvolutionary War.
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Instrumental in formally bringing france into the war.
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Benjamin Franklin was an envoy from the American Congress to the French Court, and the Treaty of Alliance with France was signed creating a military alliance between the United States and France against Great Britain.
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A minor engagement during the American Revolution. A British force attempted to encircle a smaller Continental force under the Marquis de Lafayette.
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After their 6-month-long encampment, they were ready to move against the retreating British. Washington and his army abandoned Valley Forge by crossing the Schuylkill River and then the Continental Army was ready to fight.
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Many mistakes on both sides which led it to a draw.
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An attack by British and Iroquois troops on the village of Cherry Valley in New York.
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One of the last Revolutionary War battles in the northeastern colonies.
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Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution.
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An attempt by French forces to invade Jersey and remove the British threat there.
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A decisive victory by the force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington.
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Representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Spain, and France sign a treaty.
