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A.R. events/timeline
Amer. Rev. timeline and events
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Stamp Act | March 1765; forced colonists to pay taxes on any printed item bought from Britain; ended by 1766 |
| Boston Massacre | March 1770; mob of colonists threw snowballs at British soldiers because they kept ships from sailing in and out of the Boston Harbor; British soldiers fired shots into the crowd killing five people in the end |
| Boston Tea Party | December 1773; colonists dressed as Mohawks and protested the Tea Act by dumping crates of tea into the Boston Harbor |
| First Continental Congress | September 1774; 56 representatives met from 12 colonies (not Georgia) in Philadelphia; Patriots wanted to break away from Britain; wrote a letter to King George III because they wanted peace for their problems |
| Lexington and Concord | April 1775; began the Revolutionary War; colonists had been collecting guns and supplies |
| Tea Act | 1773; British government passed a law that made tea cheaper to buy; the problem was only one company would sell the tea |
| Paul Revere's ride | April 1775; rode through the night by horseback to warn colonial fighters that British |
| Second Continental Congress | May 1775; created the Continental Army and asked Washington to lead; wanted to unite the colonies and prepare for war and possibly declare independence |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | June 1775; first major battle; colonists wanted to win so they could fire on British ships in the Boston Harbor; British won, however they had a lot of casualties |
| "Common Sense" written | January 1776; a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine pushing for independence |
| Richard Henry Lee officially asked Congress to declare independence | June 7, 1776 |
| The Declaration of Independence was adopted | July 4, 1776 |
| General Washington crosses Deleware River | December 26, 1776; made a sneak attack on the British and won; took over 900 prisoners |
| Saratoga | October 1777; Patriots win; turning point of the war; stopped the British plan to cut off the North from the rest of the colonies |
| Winter at Valley Forge | Winter 1777-1778; turning point of the war; harshest conditions for the troops so far; many troops died from illness or hunger |
| France supports the Patriots | Spring 1778; turning point of the war; French troops and money were sent to the Continental Army |
| Yorktown | September-October 1781; Patriots and French win; turning point of the war; largest British army captured as prisoners |
| Treaty of Paris | September 1783; peace treaty signed ending the Revolutionary War |
| Intolerable Acts | 1774 (also known as Coercive Acts); laws that were really punishments that King George III put on the colonies; he did this to the Colonists because he wanted to punish them for dumping tea into the harbor at the Boston Tea Party |
| Sugar Act | April 1764; tax on sugar, molasses |
| Townsend Act | 1767; tax on imported goods like glass, paper, paint, tea; British troops could get warrants (Writs of Assistance) to search homes for smuggled goods |
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