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Important dates
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Stamp Act
These were taxes that had to be put on stamps. The money was earned to British troops stationed in North America. -
Committees of Correspondence established
The colonies planned their reaction to the british actions. This was the first committee that was established. -
Gaspee Affair
The Gaspee Affair lead up to the American revolution.
A boat got destroyed because of unfair taxes. -
Boston Tea Party
Because of the high taxes on tea some colonists in Boston threw tea worth more than a million dollar into the sea. This was done to revolt against the british taxes -
coercive acts
These were popular in Britain because of the direct encouragement of George the 3rd. It said that colonists were intolerant -
First Continental Congress
Twelve of the thirteen colonies sent a leader to the congress.
The congress discussed ideas how to react to the Coercive acts. -
Paul Revere's ride
This was a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that told the readers what Paul Revere did. Paul Revere himself had riden throuought the colinies to warn of the british -
battle of Lexington and Concord
These battles were the first of the revolutionary war.
In the end of the fight the british flew to boston. -
Second Continental Congress
All colonies met and planned the fight against the British. This was the second time that the Continential Congress had met. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was rejected by Britain. It wanted to avoid a real war. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
the British fought against the colonists on Bunker Hill. The result was a victory for the British, they had still lost 226 men and 800 were wounded. -
Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
This was the response of King George 3rd to the events on Bunker Hill.
It said that every British official should try to suppress the revolution -
Common Sense Published
Thomas Paine wrote this Pamphlet, that was a book that everyone could understand. It was about ideas of independence and revolution. -
British Evacuate Boston
Known as Evacuation day. The British left Boston and the occupants such as the military had left Boston -
Decleration of independence
Thomas Jefferson drafted it on June 11th of 1776
It is displayed in Washington
