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Timeline of events from the Revolutionary war.
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The stamp act started on March 22, 1765. The stamp act was a tax directly to British colonies in America. It required most of the paper material printed in America to have a British tax stamp. Americans felt that this went against their rights because they had no representation in government but they were still taxed. This created the phrase “no taxation without representation”.
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The Declaratory Act was on March 18, 1766. It was passed by the British Parliament, to the colonies. It went hand in hand with the repealing of the Stamp Act, and the changes made to the Sugar Act. The Stamp Act was repealed because the boycotts caused by it hurt the British. The act made it so the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in the colonies as in Britain.
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The Townshend acts started on 29 June 1767, and they were named after Charles Townshend, the man who came up with the acts. It was meant to raise revenue in the colonies, punish New York, and make it easier to tax the colonies. The five acts were named The New York Restraining Act, The Revenue Act, The Indemnity Act, The Commissioners of Customs Act, and the Vice Admiralty Court Act. They were all passed between 1767 and 1768.
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The Boston Massacre was on March 7, 1770 and it was in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Massacre is exactly what it sounds like. The British killed a bunch of citizens in Boston. This was provoked by a mob in Boston that harassed a British soldier by throwing things at them. That soldier was backed up by more soldiers, who also got things thrown at them, and eventually one of the soldiers started shooting and the rest followed their lead.
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The Gaspee Affair was on June 9, 1772. It took place around Gaspee Point, in Rhode Island. HMS Gaspee was a British ship that made sure everyone was following the Navigation Acts in Newport, Rhode Island. Abraham Whipple, John Brown, and a bunch of other people attacked, and torched the ship.
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The Boston Tea Party was on December 16, 1773 in Boston Massachusetts. It was done to protest taxation without representation. Taxation without representation is when you don’t get a say in government but you still get taxed. Citizens threw cases of tea into Boston Harbor. Parliament responded to this protest with the Intolerable events.
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The Intolerable acts started on March 31, 1774, when the Boston Port Act was passed. The intolerable acts were a series of acts passed by Britain. They were one of the reasons the war started. They were in response to the Boston Tea Party. The acts were called, The Boston Port Act, The Massachusetts Government Act, The Administration of Justice Act, The Quartering Act, and The Quebec Act.
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The first Continental Congress was a meeting of representatives from each colony. It was made on September 5th, 1774. In the beginning of the First Continental Congress, the representatives about how they could respond to British government. They collectively decided to boycott British trade. They also made a petition for the king.
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The battles of Lexington and Concord took place on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County. They were the first battles of the Revolutionary war. The first shot that the Patriots fired in the battles was known as “the shot heard around the world”. Roughly 700 British soldiers were told to destroy Colonial weapons and war gear. The night before battle, Paul Revere and Samuel Prescott were sent to find out when the British were coming. The British only had 1 casualty, while the Colonies had 8.
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The battle of Bunker Hill happened on June 17, 1775. It was one of the first battles held in the Revolutionary war. The British won the battle. Even though the British won, they had way more casualties than the Americans. This made the British develop more complicated and well thought out plans in the future.
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The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was made to tell Britain that they are now independent states. It was written by Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin helped. John Adams convinced the representatives to let Jefferson write the Declaration. The Declaration was signed by representatives from each state.
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The battles of Saratoga took place between September 19, 1777 and October 7, 1777. The colonies eventually won the series of battles. The battles took place in Saratoga county, New York. The colonies forcing the British to surrender was a key point in the war, because it got the colonies “foriegn assistance”.
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Baylor’s Massacre was on September 27, 1778. It happened in River Vale, New Jersey. It was also known as the Tappan Massacre. It was a British ambush against the 3rd Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons. It was known as Baylor’s Massacre because George Baylor was in charge of the Light Dragoons at this time. 69 out of 116 colonials were killed, kidnapped, or injured. 15 total people were killed.
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The first time George Washington visited the DeWint house was from August 8 to 24, 1780. He used it as a place for him to stay. He was invited to stay there by Major Frederickus Blauvelt. The DeWint house is located in Tappan, New York. It is open to the public, and hosts events sometimes. People can see the kitchen, and where Washington did his work at the house.
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John Andre was hung on October 2, 1780. He was hung in Tappan, New York. He was hung by the Continental Army because he assisted Benedict Arnold in surrendering the fort at West Point, New York. He was captured by John Paulding, David Williams and Isaac Van Wart on September 23. They found evidence that he was a spy hidden in his boot.
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The Articles of Confederation were signed on March 1, 1781. It acted as the states first constitution. It was approved by the second Constitutional Congress, and sent to the states for consent. The articles contained rules about how the states quote on quote "league of friendship" would be. While it was signed on March 1, 1781, it was written on November 15, 1777.
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The battle of Yorktown was a key battle in the Revolutionary War, and it lasted from September 28, 1781, to October 19, 1781. The colonial army and the French army flanked the British army, forcing them to surrender. It was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. The colonies winning that battle was the main cause the British ended up surrendering.
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The Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783 to end the Revolutionary War. It was made effective on May 12, 1784. The negotiations were in Paris. Ben Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens represented the colonies. David Hartley and Richard Oswald represented Britain. In the end, the British and the colonies both agreed to end the war and grant the colonies independence.
