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The Revolutionary War

By dcrim002

  • French and Indian War (Seven Years War) ends

  • The Stamp Act Passed

    Tax on paper documents in the colonies

  • The Declaratory Act Passed

    Declared that Britain had power over the colonies

  • Townshend Act Passed

    Put a tax on lead, tea, glass, and other products

  • The Boston Massacre

    Five colonist killed by British soldiers

  • The Tea Act Passed

    Lowered the price of tea in the colonies

  • The Boston Tea Party

    Colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor

  • First meeting of the continental congress

    Decided to meet again

  • Patrick Henry's famous Speech

    "Give me librty or give me death"

  • The Battles of Lexington and Concord

    First shot of the Revolutionary War

  • The Second Continental Congress meets

    Decide on the colonies futre couse of action

  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

    First major battle of the Revolutionary War

  • Common Sense Published

    Urged Colonists to rebel

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • Washington's crossing of the Delaware

    Captures Trenton

  • British Occupy Philidalphea

    The important people escape before the British arrive

  • Patriot victory at Saratoga

    Convinces French to join the War on the side of the colonists

  • British leave Philidalphea

    Return to New York

  • Articles of Confederation adopted

  • Colonial Victory at Yorktown

    End of Revolutionary War