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Treaty Of Paris
This treaty stated that the Revolutionary War had ended. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Acts required colonist to purchase a stamp for every newspaper or pamplet, legal documents, and any other items. -
Bostin Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry -
Tea Act
The tea act kept in place duties on imported tea and allowed the Britich East India Company to export directly to the colonies. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts placed duties on imported glass,lead, paint,paper,and tea and made it easier for tax collectors to get writs assistance. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists disguised as American Indians dumped British tea off of several ships while crowds watched from the shore. -
First Continental Congress
A congress used to discuss issues about fighting. -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts closed Boston harbor, cancelled the Massachusetts charter, moved trials of colonial officials to Britain ,allowed quartering of British troops in all colonoies, and gave Canada control of Ohio region. -
Endenton Tea Party
A geoup of Patriotic ladies said that were never going to use anything from Britain again -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
On April 19 the Revolutionary War begins with the fighting of Lexington and Concord. -
General Thomas Gage
General Thomas Gage was the man that decided to take away all the minute mens guns and ammunition. These weapins were stored in Concord, a town about twenty miles west of Boston. -
Second Contenental Congress
People from all twelve colonies met in Philadelphia to decide how to react to the fighting -
Mecklenburg Resolves
The Mecklenburg Resolves, or Charlotte Town Resolves, was a list of statements adopted at Charlotte, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on May 31, 1775; drafted in the month following the fighting at Lexington and Concord. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The battle of Bunker Hill showed the colonist that they could hold thier own against the British. -
George Washington
George Washington had fought in the French and INdian War.He lead the Continental Army. -
Paul Revere
Paul Revere was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and a patriot in the American Revolution. -
Lord Dunmores Proclamation
Lord Dunmores Proclamation promised freedom to any slave who fought for the British. Thousands of slaves agreed. In response, the contienental army began following free African American to enlist, and eventually some 5000 joined -
Seige of Boston
The seige of Boston was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War. New England militiamen prevented the movement by land of the British Army garrisoned in what was then the peninsular town of Boston, Massachusetts. -
Olive Branch Petition
This petition was so named because the olive branch was a symbol of peace. -
Halifax Resolves
The Halifax Resolves was a name later given to the resolution adopted by North Carolina on April 12, 1776. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the usual name of a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
The Battle of Ticondereoga
To drive out the British, George Washington needed the cannons from fort Ticonderoga. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battlke of Trenton lasted less than an hour. The patrioit forces captured more than 900 Hessians with just five American casualities.This impressive victory boosted the patriots spirits. -
Continental Army
A army made to defend colonies. George Washington was chose to lead thid army. -
Battle of Kings Mountain
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a decisive battle between the Patriot and Loyalist militias in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. -
The Battle of Charleston
The Battle of Charleston was one of the major battles which took place towards the end of the American Revolutionary War, after the British began to shift their strategic focus towards the American Southern Colonies. -
Battle of Cowpens
The Battle of Cowpens (January 17, 1781) was a decisive victory by the Continental Army forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War over the British Army led by Colonel Banastre Tarleton. -
Battle of Yorktown
Yorktown, Battle of definition. The last battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1781 near the seacoast of Virginia. There the British general Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army to General George Washington. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on 3 September 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War.
