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The Stamp act was put in place in the fall of 1765. The act required that the colonists have to pay for a stamp or seal when they Bought paper items.   Since the British needed to pay war debts and defend their territories, they passed this act.  The colonists were very angry at this and started protesting. The colonists even formed a secret society called the Sons of Liberty. Samual Adams helped organize this group. They frightened tax collectors. Businesses refused by not even buying stamps. Finally, the British repealed the Stamp Act and replaced it with a new one after nine colonies met in New York saying that this was unfair. The new act was the Declaratory Act saying that Parliament, a group of British Legislators had the power to make laws for the colonies in all cases no matter the cause. The British Government were part of this document and they were the ones that made it.

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The date of this event that occurred was March 5th, 1770. After the colonists kept getting taxed by the British, they started harassing  the British troops leading to the Boston Massacre.  Than one day on March 5th 1770 in Boston, a mob full of colonists starting harassing a British solider because the British soldier struck a colonist after getting in an argument with the colonist. A small group of British soldiers arrived at the scene. The colonists were daring the British troops to fire. Suddenly, the British soldiers fired into the crowd killed three colonists. The British and the mob of colonists in Boston were part of this event.

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The Boston Tea Party took place on December 16, 1773. The colonists feared that the tea British East India taxed them for would run them out of business. Than in December 16, 1773, 3 ships loaded with tea arrived on the Boston harbor. Members of the Sons of Liberty wanted them out, but the governor of Massachusetts refused unless they payed the duty. Colonies than disguised themselves as Indians, sneaked into the ships, and dumped over 340 tea chests into Boston harbor. The colonists that disguised themselves as Indians were part of this event. The British were there but they were not part of the event and the colonists dumping tea.

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This document took place on spring of 1774. When the British prime minister heard about this he was very angry and passed the Coercive Acts. The colonists called these acts the Intolerable Acts. It stated that a new act called the quartering act required the colonists to house British soldiers, Boston harbor was closed until the colonists paid for all of the tea they dumped, Massachusetts Charter was cancelled, General Thomas Gage would be the new governor of Massachusetts, and royal officials accused of crimes were sent to British for trial so they can have a more friendly jury or judge. The British Prime Minister was part of this and passed this act.

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This event occurred in October 1774. It was a gathering of colonial leaders who were troubled about the relationship between the colonists and Great Britain. They drafted the declaration of rights which was a list of 10 resolutions to be presented to King George the third. It included the colonists rights and liberty. A group of colonial leaders were part of this event. The second Continental Congress was on May 1775. The colonial leaders sent an Olive Branch Petition to King George. They created a continental army as well. The second continental Congress happened because King George the third refused to address the concerns and the colonies didn’t want to go to war with Britain. The Patriots were part of this and so was King George the third.

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This happened in May 1775. Their were spies across Boston spying on the British. The spies found out that general Gage planned to seize the colonists weapon stockpile in concord 20 miles away from Boston. The Colonists hid their weapon stockpile so the British would not be able to find it. Paul revere and the patriots and British General Gage and his army were part of this.

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This battle took place in dawn of April 19, 1775. This battle was very short, as only a few volleys were shot. The British troops arrived at Lexington. Patriot captain John Parker said “Do not fire unless fired upon.” Someone rang the first shot. No one knows who shot the first shot to this day. When the smoke cleared, eight colonists were dead, ten were wounded, and only one British soldiers was wounded. The British marched on to Concord.

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This battle took place in May 1775. Leaders in Boston sent Benedict Arnold and 400 other men to New York State to get some supplies because they were running low. They successfully captured the supplies. While this was happening, the patriots in Boston were trying to keep the British in Boston. On June 17, the British saw that the colonists dug in at Breed’s hill. This means that the British would have to cross all of Boston harbor and fight uphill. They do not get the height advantage. They advanced uphill and were running low on ammo. The British leaders told the soldiers to not shoot until you see the whites of their eyes. They went for three tries. At this point, the colonists ran out of ammo and had to retreat. Although the colonists lost this war, they have proven they can fight the British, and they can retreat, get a new plan, and come back strong. The British troops and the patriots were part of this battle.

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General Washington came back to Boston shortly after the battle of Bunker Hill. He told Colonel Henry Knox to get the supplies and heavy loaded weapons from Fort Ticonderoga. He successfully did that. Washington moved his army to Dorchester heights where the army can overlook all of Boston from the south. He stationed his cannons on Nook’s Hill overlooking General Howe’s position, one of the British generals. When Howe saw the colonists cannons ready to fire in the morning, he immediately retreated 3 days later from Boston to Canada. General Howe and his army were part of this battle. George Washington and his army were part of this battle as well.

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This document was distributed in Philadelphia in January 1776. It was a 47 page pamphlet made by Thomas Paine. Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet to argue about how unfair it is about British’s rule over the colonies. He argued that citizens and not kings and queens should make laws. It sold around 500,000 copies. Thomas Paine was part of this document and wrote this.

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This document was approved on July 4th, 1776. It stated that the colonies will break from Britain’s rule. It stated that the British taxed the colonists without their consent, and they passed unfair laws. Once this document was approved, the United States of America was born. Thomas Jefferson was part of this and wrote most of the Declaration of Independence as well as a few other colonists.

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There is no date for this because this is not an event, document, or battle. Loyalists were colonists who chose to side with the British. Estimates show about twenty to thirty percent were loyalists. About forty to forty five percent were patriots and sided with the colonists. The rest were neutral. More than 50,000 patriots fled the colonies and most went to Canada where Britain were because the patriots were gonna harass the loyalists.

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The patriots strengths were that they got help from Spain and France. France supplied them with ammunition and naval support, while Spain gathered Spanish armies to help the colonists fight the British. Another strength the colonists have is that they are pretty good at fighting at sea. John Paul Johns especially helped out with fighting at sea. They all’s fought for a cause they believe in.

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British strengths were that they had a very large, powerful navy that the colonists can stand up to. They were very well trained, and very well equipped.

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This battle occurred spring of 1775. Benedict Arnold led his army to Quebec, and waited for Montgomery’s troops. The British attacked the patriots in a fierce battle. The patriots were quickly defeated and their hopes of getting Canada were fading. Montgomery’s troops and Benedict Arnolds troop were part of this battle.

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This battle occurred on June 1776. George Washington moves his troops to New York because the British were coming their to take over. When both arrived, Washington was outnumbered with 19,000 soldiers, and General Howe had 23,000 soldiers. Howe had 60 cannons ready. He forced Washington to retreat. This was Howe’s revenge for the battle at Dorchester Heights.

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This two battle took place in December 1776 and January 2nd, 1777.  The one year contract was almost up for the British troops. Howe left the Hessians- Mercenaries (soldiers who fought for mo day and not for loyalty.) Washington crosses the Delaware River On Christmas night 1776 and surprised the, with an attack. The Patriots took more than 900 prisoners. General Washington marched his men to Princeton while Howe was planning a counterattack. Howe retreated from Trenton to Princeton and planned an attack. While Howe was sneaking to Princeton down the road, George Washington attacked and the British retreated. General Howe’s troops and General Washington’s troops were part of this battle.

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This event occurred in December of 1777. Washington settled his 12,000 troops at Valley Forge. This the worse winter yet. They ran out of food, didn’t have enough shelter, and 2,000 soldiers died of disease and malnutrition. The Colonists were part of this, as they were fighting the harsh, cold weather

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This battle occurred in the spring of 1777. British General John Burgoyne pushed through New York State and fun for New England from all of the other colonies. The was for Burgoyne to move south and take Fort Ticonderoga and go to Albany. General Howe’s army would sail north of the Hudson Tiger form New York City and that join Burgoyne. They did not plan this to perfectly. Howe’s men housed in Pennsylvania. Burgoyne’s army would be outnumbered by the patriots now and alone. The patriots swarmed the British in the forests. Burgoyne surrendered to Patriot General Horacio Gates. Gates army, Burgoyne’s army, and General Howe’s army were all part of this battle.

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John Paul Jones helped the patriots navy greatly. He volunteered to be of service for the navy. One of Jones most famous victories was the capture of the British warship Serapis on September 23, 1779. John Paul Jones took down many British ships.

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This battle occurred on October, 1782 The war was bad for the patriots. But Washington saw a chance at blocking Cornwallis at York Town. He order Lafayette to block Cornwallis’s escape of land. Washington than led his troops to Virginia to cut off all other escape routes. The patriots surrounded them with 16,000 soldiers. A French naval fleet blocked any British troops from rescuing Cornwallis’s stranded island. The patriots won that battle and took 8,000 British prisoners. The British troops and Washington’s army was part of this battle.

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The treaty of Paris was written in 1783. It showed that the British have recognized the independence of the Untied States. All of the British and Colonies delegates were part of this.

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The southern patriots picked hit and run strategies. This strategy was good at surprise attacks and to disrupt British’s communications. Marion was known as the swamp Fox because he used surprise attacks and was very good at it.

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The war across oceans was not what the British hoped for. They switched strategies. They hoped to get help from Loyalist populations living in Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia. They planned to free enslaved Africans as well. This strategy paid off for a while.