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Stamp Act
British Parliament took profits from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers, legal, and commercial documents. -
Tea Party
American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians threw 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company from ships into Boston Harbor. -
Lexington and Concord
British troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into militia defeats 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory -
Creation of the second Continental Congress
Convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces and significant casualties against the enemy, the battle provided them with an important confidence boost which is something greatly influential at the time of war. -
Olive Branch Petition
Final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution. It was a document in which the colonists pledged their loyalty to the crown and asserted their rights as British citizens. -
Writing and Distributing of Common Sense
Thomas Paine who published Common Sense which turned out to be a hugely influential pamphlet that convinced many American colonists that the time had finally come to break away from British rule. -
Declaration of Independence
By issuing the Declaration of Independence the 13 American colonies cut their political connections to Great Britain it summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
