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Oct 4, 2010 11:08 AM - Lexington and Concord
Apr 2010Sites in Massachusetts of the first battles of the American Revolution
- Ticonderoga
Jul 1777British, Hessians, and iroquois caputured Fort Ticonderoga after British tried to accomplish their strategy.
- Saratoga
Jul 1, 1777This was the battle that was a turning point in the war. This was known as the battles of Saratoga.
- Common Sense
1776This was a pamplet published by Thomas Paine.
- Declaration of Independence
1776The document written in which colonies declared independence from Britain
- Bunker Hill
Jun 1775At this battle more than 1,000 killed or wounded. The redcoats had won. This was a battle between the British and Americans.
- Second Continental Congress
May 1775A governing body whose delegates agreed to form the continental Army and to approve the Declaration of Independence
- first Continental Congress
1774Meeting of Delagtes from all the colonies except Georgia to colonial rights.
- Intolerable Acts
1774A series of laws enacted by Parliment to punish Massachusetts colonist for the Boston tea party
- Tea Act
1773Gave British Company control over the colonies
- Boston Tea Party
Jul 1, 1773This was when a group of men disguised as Native Americans horded three tea ships. That night they destroyed 342 chests of tea. Many colonists rejoiced about it. They believed that Britian knew strongly that colonists apposed taxation.
- Boston Mascre
Mar 5, 1770This was when youths and dockworkers started trading insults in front of the custom home. A fight broke out and soliders began firing. Only four men died.
- Townshend Act
1767A series of laws passed by Parliament that suspended New Yorks assembly and established taxes on goods brought into the british colonies
- Quartering Act
1765A law passed by Parliament that requried the colonies to house and supply British soliders.
- Stamp Act
1765Parliment passed this law. This law required all legal and commerical documents to carry an offical stamp showing that tax had been paid. This made colonists mad because they had to pay extra for stamps.
- Sugar Act
1764Parliment passed this law. This placed a tax on sugar, molasses and other products shipped to the colonies. These were also known as smuggled goods
- Proclamation of 1763
1763An order in which Britian prohibited its American colonists from setting west of the Appalachian Mountains
- Treaty Of Paris
1763This treaty ended the Revolutionary War , confirming the independence of the United States and setting the boundaries of the new nation.
- French and Indian War Begins
1754 to 1763A conflict in North America that was part of a worldwide struggle between France and Britain; Britain defeated France and and gained French Canada.
- English Bill of Rights
1689This was an agreement to respect the rights of English citizens and of Parliment. This limited the power of the king. Trial by jury was taken place along with cruel and unusual punishment.
- Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
1639Extended voting rights to non chuch members and limited the power of the governor. It also established seperation of church and state. This was important because it was the first written constitution.
- Mayflower Compact
1620Vowed to obey laws agreed upon for the good of the colony. This was important because it led to the first representative assembly.
- Jamestown
1607This was the first permanent settlement in America. It was a succesful colony.
- Virginia Charter or House of Burgessess
1606It gave permission to English settlers. The House of bergessess made the laws. This furthered established the representative government
- Magna Carta
1215This guaranteed important rights to noblemen and freeman. This was important because it limited the power of the English King.
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