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Act of the British Parliament to impose control of printed materials. Taxed legal documents and newspapers were given stamps because of this, which had to be paid for by colonists.
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Series of 4 taxation measures put in place by the British Parliament to tax imported goods used and traded by colonists, promptly viewed as a form of oppression among the colonies as they had no representation in Parliament.
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Occurred when a mob of Patriots were protesting the occupation of British soldiers in their city to ensure the collection of taxes. As the harassment of the colonists grew out of control, the British officers fought back and killed several people.
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A political protest led by the Sons of Liberty to oppose "taxation without representation." A large group of men snuck onto British trade ships dressed as Native Americans where they dumped 342 chests of tea into the port.
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Five acts put in place by the British Parliament to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party. The five consisted of the Quartering Act, the Quebec Act, Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, and Administration of Justice Act.
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Delegates from each of the 13 colonies, except for Georgia, met in Philadelphia to discuss the action they must take to organize resistance against the Parliament's decidedly unfair acts.
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Truly kicking off the Revolutionary War, the battles were the first military engagements in the Revolution, as well as marking the famously known "shot heard around the world."
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Failing to delay British attacks, the colonists provoked one, most of the fighting occurring at Breed's Hill. The British beat the American colonists, but the Americans took it as a sense of hope for further action in battle.
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Adopted at the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, the colonies severed their political connections with Great Britain, summarizing their motivations for doing so.
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Approved at the Second Continental Congress and sent to the states for ratification, was an agreement among the 13 colonies to establish the functions of the national government.
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Going on for three long weeks, the battle marked the end of the fighting in the Revolution, the British troops surrendering to the Americans.
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Signed by representatives of King George III and the United States, putting an official end to the Revolutionary War.
