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The war between Britain and the Colonies
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A proclamation line along the Appalachians, which the colonists were not allowed to cross
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Halved the duty on foreign-made molasses in the hopes that colonists would pay a lower tax rather than risk arrest by smuggling.
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Imposed a tax on documents and printed items such as wills, newspapers, and playing cards.
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A group formed to protest the Stamp Act. Led by men such as Samuel Adams
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Named after Charles Townshed, taxed goods that were imported into the colony from Britain. It also imposed a tax on tea
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A mob gathered and taunted the British soldiers standing guard, Shots were fired. 5 colonists were killed or mortally wounded.
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Colonists threw tea into the Boston harbor to protest the tax on tea
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Shut down Boston harbor. Authorized British commanders to house soldiers in cavant pricate homes and other buildings. Boston was placed under marital law.
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56 Delegates met in Philadelphia and drew up a declaration of colonial rights
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Troops were ordered to march to Concord and seize illegal weapons.
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one guy's revolt began with Lexington and Concord
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Debate their next move. Loyalties sparked endless debates.
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British general decided to strike at militamen on Breed's Hill.
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congress sent this petition to the king to return to the former harmony
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Brandywine, Bunker Hill, Lexington, Quebec, and Fort Ticonderoga
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Concord, Saratoga, and Trenton
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The document declared the rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" to be unobtainable
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American troops surrounded the British troops, and they surrendered
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more than 2,000 soldiers died, but the survivors didn't bail
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military leaders helped train the continental Army
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They captured Charles Town, South Carolina, and then New York
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an army of 7,500 was led onto the peninsula between the james and york rivers.
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Confirmed U.S. independance and set the boundaries of the new nation. The US stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.
