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he North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War -
It was parliments first direct tax on the american colonies -
series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. -
when a street fight occured between a mob throwing snoballs and other things at british soldiers. -
american colonists frustrated at britain dumped 342chests of tea imported from british east india into the harbor -
a series of four laws passed by the british parliament to punish the colony of massachsetts bay for the bostan tea party -
The militiamen hustled to Concord's North Bridge, which was being defended by a contingent of British soldiers. The British fired first but fell back when the colonists returned the volley. -
brutal british naval boombardments and burning of the coastal towns of falmouth
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bloody fighting took place throughout a hilly landscape of fenced pastures that were situated across the charles river from boston -
a book writeen by thomas paine -
It marked the official step taken by the american colonies toward independence -
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
After crossing the Delaware River in a treacherous storm, General George Washington's army defeated a garrison of Hessian mercenaries at Trenton. -
The british plan to capture the city of albany and take control of the hudson river -
they signed the treaty creating a military alliance against great britain -
cornwallis moved his troops to yorktown to resuuply his troops.