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An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America, for allowing a takeback of the duties of customs upon the exportation, from this kingdom, of coffee and cocoa nuts of the produce of the said colonies or plantations.
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The Tea Act was made to benefit the East India Company by giving them the monopoly of the American tea market. Colonist perceived it as another means of “taxation without representation”.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773
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Siege of Boston: 15,000 Minutemen laid siege to Boston from April 19, 1775 until March 17, 1776, when the British troops withdrew.
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The Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia and remains in session throughout the war.
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Battle of Germantown; the patriots fail to retake their capitol, Philadelphia
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Battle fought in the highlands of the Hudson River valley, not far from West Point
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Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America
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The United States Constitution is ratified when New Hampshire becomes the 9th state to approve it.
