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common sense
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thomas-paine-publishes-common-sense -
stamp act
an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encouwww.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-actrage the revolutionary movement against the Crown -
the boston massacre
The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770. A squad of British soldiers, come to support a sentry who was being pressed by a heckling, snowballing crowd, let loose a volley of shots. Three persons were killed immediately and two died later of their wounds -
the boston tea party
Seeking to boost the troubled East India Company, British Parliament adjusted import duties with the passage of the Tea Act in 1773. ... On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships and threw all the tea into the harbor www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party -
lexington/concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord -
Bunker (Breed’s) Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill, also called Battle of Breed's Hill, (June 17, 1775), first major battle of the American Revolution, fought in Charlestown (now part of Boston) during the Siege of Boston. Although the British eventually won the battle, it was a Pyrrhic victory that lent considerable encouragement to the revolutionary cause -
declaration of independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The Declaration announced that the thirteen American colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain www.ushistory.org/declaration/document -
Battle at Trenton/princeton
The battles of Trenton and Princeton' were two related engagements of the American Revolutionary War. Battle of Trenton, 1776-12-26. Battle of Princeton, 1777-01-03. They are noted as the first successes won by Washington in the open field. They put new life into the American cause www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-trenton-and-princeton -
battle of saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Continental Army wintering at Valley Forge
With the onset of the bitter winter cold, the Continental Army under General George Washington, still in the field, enters its winter camp at Valley Forge, 22 miles from British-occupied Philadelphia. Washington chose a site on the west bank of the Schuylkill River that could be effectively defended in the event of a British attack -
war in the south/ charleston
The Siege of Charleston was a major engagement fought between March 29 to May 12, 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. The British, following the collapse of their northern strategy and their withdrawal from Philadelphia, shifted their focus to the American Southern Colonies www.history.com/this-day.../americans-suffer-worst-defeat-of-revolution-at-charleston -
battle of yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the Siege of Little York, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington
