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Proclamation of 1763
King George III prohibited settlement west of the Applachain mountains. This intervention in colonial affairs offended the 13 colonies' claim to the exclusive right to govern lands to their west. -
Stamp Act
Parliament required all legal documents, newspapers, and pamphlets to use watermarked, or 'stamped', paper on which a tax would be placed. Colonists were angered because they did not want to pay more taxes. -
Quartering Act
Colonists were required to house British troops and provide them with food, clothing, etc. The colonists did not react well with this act and some refused to oblige. -
Boston Massacre
The colonists were pretty upset with the prescence of troops and Britain's colonial policy, so a crowd began harassing a group of soldiers. A soldier was knocked down by a snowball and discharged his musket, sparking a volley into the crowd which kills five civilians. -
Boston Tea Party
Livid about the tea, which had an indirectly placed tax on it, American Patriots disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians and dumped tea from the merchant ships in the Bostson harbour. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
First engagements of the Revolutionary War between British troops nd the Minutemen, who had been warned of the attack by Paul Revere. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The first major battle of the Revolutionary War. Sir William Howe dislodged William Prescott's forces overlooking Boston at a cost of 1054 British casualities to the Americans' 367. -
France provides covert aid to the Americans
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Congress issues the Declaration of Independence
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British Surrender at Saratoga
British surrender 5,700 troops at Saratoga. British, German, and Loyalist forcers under Major General John Burgoyne were lacking supplies so they had to surrender to Major General Horatio Gates. It was considered the turning point of the war. -
Articles of Confederation are ratified
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Surrender of British forces under Cornwallis at Yorktown
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Treaty of Paris formally ends the Revolutionary War
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British troops leave New York City
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Washington resigns as Commander
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Shay's Rebellion
MA's rebellion led by the Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays against high taxes. -
Constitutional Convention
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U.S. Constitution signed
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U.S. Constitution adopted, when NH ratifies it
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Sources
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_Act_1765
http://www.glogster.com/melitza124/quartering-act/g-6l7etvvr0l2quhl0a01daa0
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/massacre.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord
www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/americanrevolution/timeline.html#
www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm
