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Stamp Act
The stamp act was a tax imposed by the British specifically on the colonies. This was on paper, things such as newspapers and magazines had these tax stamps on them. This tax had to be paid in british currency. -
Committees of Correspondence Established
These were shadow goverments organized by Patriot leaders of the thirteen colonies before the revolution begun to take place. The came up with plans and responses to Britian. They set up espionage networks to identify disloyal elements, displaced the royal officials, and helped topple the entire Imperial system in each colony. Some people believe this led to the Boston massacre. -
Gaspee Affair
This was a significant event that led up to the revolution. A customs officer ran aground while chasing a ship. Two men led a raid against the officers ship. They looted it, attacked it, and torched it. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British goverment and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. On Decdember 16, 1773, after officials in Bostom refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britian, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. The incident is still remembered today. -
First Continental Congress
This was a meeting of the delegates from twelve of the thirteen american colonies. They met in PA. It was called in response to the British passage of Coerive Acts. Georgia was the state that did not send delegates, in total 56 met. They met to discuss things to go against the British, such as boycotting British trade. -
Paul Revere's Ride
Revere met with patriot leaders to discuss a plan to provide notice about the route the British would take to Concord. Revere agreed to place signal lanters in the Old North Church. This was to signal if they were coming by land or by sea. On the night of April 18 Revere recived notice that the British were coming by sea. He set out narowly escaped two british officers. He rode from town (starting in Charlestown and ending in Menotomy) warning that the British were coming. -
British Evacuate Boston
This is the day that the british evacuated boston. This is the same day of Saint Patricks day. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
First the militia moved into Lexington. A shot was fired, that nobody knows who shot, hitting a horse. The British then chased the militia out of Lexington. The British then departed towards Concord. The concord militia took up positions and waited for the British. The British were being attacked by many militias and suffered much more casualties and many more wounded then the militias. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill, which was peripherally involved in the battle and was the original objective of both colonial and British troops, and is occasionally referred to as the "Battle of Breed's Hill." -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1775 in an attempt to avoid a full-blown war with Great Britain. The petition affirmed American loyalty to Great Britain and entreated the king to prevent further conflict. The petition was rejected, and in August 1775 the colonies were formally declared in rebellion by the Proclamation of Rebellion -
Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
This was the response by George III or the United Kingdom to the news of the Battle at Bunker Hill. He said the British should use all of there strength to supress the uprisings and to supress the rebellions. Also too report anyone that was suspected of acts of treason, they would be punishable. -
Common Sense Published
Cmmon Sense presented the American colonists with an argument for freedom from British rule at a time when the question of independence wass still undecided. Paine wrote and reasoned in a style that common people understood;forgoing the philosophy and Latin references used by Enlightenment era writers, Paine structured Common Sense like a sermomn and relied on bible references to make his case to the poeple. -
Declaration of Independence
D.O.I. Summary The D.O.I. was written by Thomas Jefferson. It states why the North American colonies wanted to have there own independence. The main point of it summerizes that all men are created equally and they should have there own set of rights. Goverments have to protect these rights. This also states the N.A. colonies will have no further connection with the British.
