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the boston massacre
On March 5, 1770, a mob of american colonists gathers at the customs house in boston and begins taunting the british soldiers guarding the building. The boston massacre is important because shots by british soldiers in the streets of boston in 1770 started the american revolution. -
the boston tea party
the midnight raid, popularly known as the "boston tea party," was in protest of the british parliaments tea act of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering east india company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the american tea trade. -
revere and dawes warn of british attack
on this day in 1775, british troops march out of boston on a mission to confiscate the american arsenal at concord and to capture patriot leaders samuel adams and john hancock, known to be hiding at lexington. -
the american revolution begins
at about 5 a.m., 700 british troops, on a mission to capture patriot leaders and seize a patriot arsenal, march into lexington to find 77 armed minutemen under captain john parker waiting for them onthe towns common green. -
the committee
the new york committee of safety orders all ship pilots to avoid the entrance to the harbor at sandy hook; the committee also forbids pilots from boarding any enemy warship or troop transport. -
declaration of independence
when the congress adopted the final text of the declaration of independence on july 4.
