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The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was imposed as a direct tax on the colonists and was made by the British Parliament. This act had made the colonists very unhappy and mad which cause them to have the American Revolution. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre started because when Americans started laughing, making fun of, and taunting several British troops which cause the British to get mad and start shooting into the crowd. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an event where the American colonists got so frustrated because of the British taxation on the colonists. This persuaded them to dump around 350 chests of tea which was imported from the East British harbor -
The Coercive Acts
The Coercive Act was also known as the Intolerable Acts which was 4 series of laws passed on the American Colony by the Brtish Parliament because of the Boston Tea Party. This made the American colonists very outraged. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
A British General had led a strong force of British soldiers from Boston to Lexington where the general wanted to capture the colonial leaders, Sam Adams, and John Hancock. The British were unable to succeed because of the American spies. The general also led his British force towards Concord for the colonies' gunpowder and the colonies were able to stop the British in their paths causing them to retreat. -
Battle of Ticonderoga
The Battle of Ticonderoga was one of the battles that happen in the Revolutionary War and the Americans had won it. Ticonderoga was known to have a lot of weaponry and that weaponry had helped the Americans siege Boston. -
Battle of Quebec
The Battle of Quebec was a miserable loss for the Americans. After the Americans captured Ticonderoga they tried invading Quebec and capture it but the British and Candian forces were able to hold the Americans back. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was one of the very first battles in the American Revolution. The Americans were able to capture Bunker Hill and with the intention to trap the British in the Siege of Boston. -
Siege of Boston
The Siege of Boston was a conformation between the newly created Continental Army and the British, this was was the aftermath of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The Americans were able to make the British surrender Boston. -
Siege of Charleston
The Siege of Charleston, this siege was made by the British army and they successfully captured Charleston, South Carolina. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a document that was written by Thomas Jefferson and was amended by Congress. The Declaration also marked the separation between America and Great Britain. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was very important mainly because it was a turning point for the Americans in the American Revolution. They defeated the British by surrounding them in New York at Saratoga -
Valley Forge
The Valley Forge was a very bad event for the Americans, they were camping in very harsh winters and suffered from coldness, sickness, and starvation. However, Washington was able to hold the army together and they were able to recapture Philadelphia. -
Battle of Camden
The Battle of Camden was another British victory that happened in South Carolina along with British's other victory in Charleston. -
The Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first governing document of the freshly started United States. This article made the Continental Congress head of the war which helped them end the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the last major defeat for the British and after their loss, this is when Great Britain decided to come to a negotiating trade. Washington and his army were able to beat British general Cornwallis and his army in this battle. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris is what stopped the American Revolution, once this was made Britain finally recognized the United States as an independent nation. The British also had given them tons of territory. -
Annapolis Convention
The Annapolis Convention was a very important meeting gathered only by the representatives of several states to discuss the economic issues. The issues reported from this meeting had called for a Constitutional Convention to be needed. -
Philadelphia Constitutional Convention
The Philadelphia Constitutional Convention was only met in order to reform the Articles of Confederation under the United States. During this meeting, they ended up scraping the Convention and made an entirely new document referring to the new issues that the nations were facing. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights was made to refer to the first ten amendments, personal freedom, and the limitation on government power. When first published they only affected the Federal government but later on another amendment was made to apply to all individual states.
