Events
Passage of the Stamp Act
- It was the first direct tax imposed
on the British Colonies
in North AmericaBoston Massacre
- A group of 9 british soldiers
fired into a crowd of colonists, killing 5
and wounding 6 menBoston Tea Party
- 70 men boarded a ship and
threw the tea on the ship overboard.
This was a protest against the Tea ActPassage of Intolerable Acts
- Colsed the Boston Harbors until
city would pay for destroyed teaConvocation of First Continental Congress
- Delegates from 12 colonies came
together to discuss how to react to the
Intolerable ActsBattle of Lexington and Concord
- Militiamen gathered at Lexington to
intercept the British TroopsAdoption of the Decleration of IndependenceBattles of Saratoga
- Marked as the turning point of
The American RevolutionSurrender of Yorktown
-Lutenent General Lord Cornwallis,
The British Commander,
Realized that he could not beat usSignature of the Treaty of Paris
- American Revolution formally ended
with The Treaty Of Paris
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