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Timeline of the Revolutionary War
The sugar act 1764
of 1764
The sugar act of 1764 was a law to have to pay tax for every gallon of sugar or molasses. Six pence per gallon to be exact.
The Stamp Act
This is the act that was set in 1765 that made all of the colonist pay for every piece of paper they used. Ships papers, legal documents, licences, newspapers, and a lot more.
The Quartering act
This was the act that allowed soldiers to stay in any private home. You would have to feed and care for the soldiers by giving them a room to stay in.
Boston massacre
This was a street brawl between the american colonists and the soldiers. The colonists threw snowballs at the soldiers. the soldiers responded by opening fire on the colonist. Five colonists were killed in the fight.
Boston Tea Party
of 1773
This was protesting all of the new acts by dumping 342 chests of British tea into the the harbor. This was the first major act of offence toward the British.
First Continental Congress Meets
September 5, 1774
Leaders met from 12 of the 13 colonies. They wrote a letter to King George discussing why they thought they were being treated unfairly. King George ignored them and the leaders agreed to meet again if things didn’t change.
Rides of Paul Revere
Paul road to Lexington to warn the patriot leaders, Samuel Adams and John Hancock, that the British are going to attack that night. After that he was going to concord to warn them too, but he was captured seven miles there by a British patrol, but luckily he managed to escape.
Second Continental Congress Meets
Began in 1775, met over 6 years and Georgia now joined so all 13 colonies were represented. They made an army, they formed an official government, they declared independence from Britain, they adopted flag, and they tried to make peace with the King of Britain again.
Battle at Lexington and Concord
It was the start to the revolutionary war. The tension was gathering for a long time then on the night of April 18, 1775, hundred of soldiers marched from Boston to concord in order to seize an arms cashes.
Declaration of Independence is Adopted
By issuing the declaration of independence the american colonies obey their political connections to great britain. The declaration summed up the motivation for seeking independence of the colonists. By being there own nation they confirmed help from france to fight the king and his soldiers.
The surrender at Yorktown
in 1781
The British and the hessian fought against the thirteen colonies and the french for Independence of the colonies. The British surrendered within 3 weeks of battle because they did not want more soldiers dead, but some did not get the message that the war was over and killed a man named Hercules Mulligan.
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