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British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians killing three men and injuring eight. The British were involved with this event. This event brought the revolution to armed rebellion throughout the colonies. The Boston Massacre was important because it helped galvanize Boston and the colonies against the mother country. -
It took place on the winter night on Thursday, December 16, 1773. A group of 60 american colonists which threw over 340 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The outcome of this event was that the British shut down the Boston Harbor until all of the chest that had tea in it was paid for. It was important because it was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. -
Passed by the British Parliament to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party -
The Congress passed and signed the Continental Association in its Declaration and Resolves. George Washington, Patrick Henry, John Adams , Samuel Adams, and John Jay. The outcome of this event was that it was passed and signed by the Continental Association in its Deceleration and Resolves. It was important because it balanced the interests of the different colonies and also established itself as the official colonial liaison to Great Britain. -
Revere warns the colonists about the British attack -
The shot marked when the American Independence War started. -
New England soldiers face the British Army. It's important because it was confirmed that any reconciliation between England and her American colonies was no longer possible. The outcome of this battle was that the British won. -
On June 11, Congress recessed for three weeks. During this period the "Committee of Five" (John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson) drafted the Declaration of Independence. -
A war where the Americans won over the British. -
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States on September 3, 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary War