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Sugar Act
The Stamp Act was passed to pay off the debt from the 7 years war. It taxed mostly all paper goods including things like playing cards. This was the first direct tax on the colonists. -
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The Revolutionary War
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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was to tax on most printed items, such as playing cards, newspapers and stamps. The colonists protested against Britain. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts were laws passed beginning 1767 by the Parliament of Great. It was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would be independent of colonial rule. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, was an incident that led to the deaths of five soliders, which helped spark the rebellion in some of the British American colonies, which caused in the American Revolutionary War. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. Its was to reduce the abundant of tea held by British East India Company in the London warehouses. It was to price of the tea legally brought into Britain's North American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
When the British went against the Townsend Act they removed all taxes and duties on goods, except for tea. This became the main point of the colonists anger. -
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Intolerable Acts
The British reacted to the Boston Tea Party with what the colonies called the "Intolerable Acts." -
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1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a gathering of colonial leaders who were deeply troubled about the relatioships between Great Britian and its colonies in America. -
Lexington and Concord
After Paul Revere rode through Lexington and Concord warning colonist that the british were coming. The colonists and the British met in Lexington and faught, and the colonists were forced to retreat. While hunting them down, the British tried to find the stored guns, but it was gone. The colonists then attacked the British at Concord's north bridge and were winning. This was the first battle of the revolution. -
Second Continental Congress
The members of the Second Continental Congress held a meeting at the State House in Philadelphia. There were several new delegates including: John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. The Second Continental Congress meeting started with the battle of Lexington and Concord. The New England army were still camping outside of to drive the British out of Boston. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, only days after George Washington was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. Despite the name, the battle was actually fought on Breed's Hill. -
Olive Branch Petition
This document was approved by congress on July 5th, 1775, and submitted to the king on July 8th, 1775. It was suppose to give the colonists more rights . On August 23, 1775 the king refused to read the petition. -
Common Sense
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Declaration of Rights
This gave us all of our rights we have today. It included the freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion. It also protected citizens from being falsely arrested. -
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Declaration of Independance
The Declaration of Independence was formally announced the colonies' break from Great Britian. -
Battle of Trenton
George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River to defeat the British in the Battle of Trenton -
Battle of Brandywine Creek
The Battle of Brandywine was a battle of the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on September 11, 1777. The battle, which was a decisive victory for the British, left Philadelphia, the revolutionary capital, undefended. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga, was known as the turning point of the revolutionary war. -
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Valley Forge
Mostly every soldier was sick. It was the winter. The soldiers had barely had any food. They had poor clothing on. However in the end there leaders made them strong again. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the last battle of the major battle of the American Revolution. Prime Lord Minister recieved a word that Yorktown surrendered in November.
