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The Stamp Act

1. The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. 2. the new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. 3. the money collected by the Stamp Act was to be used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains (10,000 troops were to be stationed on the American frontier for this purpose).

Boston Massacre

Boston massacre

1. A redcoat called Private Montgomery was hit in the face by a stick and fired into the crowd killing a black man called Crispus Attucks. 2. On the snowy evening of March 5, 1770 a British soldier called Hugh White became involved in a confrontation with some citizens. Hugh White struck a young boy called Edward Garrick with the butt of his rifle for insulting a British officer called Captain Goldfinch 3. There were 4,000 British troops and about 20,000 residents at the time of the incident.

Boston Tea Party

Boston Tea Party

1. The Boston Tea Party took place a few years after the Boston Massacre, which took place on March 5th, 1770. 2. All 342 chests of tea were dumped into Boston Harbor in the protest, destroying all of it. 3. The 342 chests of tea would have made approximately 19 million cups of tea.The chests of tea on the three ships included 240 chests of cheap black tea, 15 chests of superior cheap black tea, 10 chests of superior black tea, and 60 chests of green tea

Battle Of Bunker Hill

1. The outnumbered Americans were forced to retreat. However, by the end of the engagement, the Patriots’ gunfire had cut down some 1,000 enemy troops, with more than 200 killed and more than 800 wounded. More than 100 Americans perished, while more than 300 others were wounded. 2. On June 17, some 2,200 British forces under the command of Major General William and Brigadier General Robert Pigot landed on the Charlestown Peninsula then marched to Breed’s Hill. As the British advanced in columns against the Americans, Prescott, in an effort to conserve the Americans’ limited supply of ammunition, reportedly told his men, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”

3. Additionally, the high price of victory at the Battle of Bunker Hill made the British realize that the war with the colonies would be long, tough and costly.

Declaration of independence

declaration of independence

1. Once the Congress approved the actual Declaration of Independence document on July 4, it ordered that it be sent to a printer named John Dunlap. About 200 copies of the Dunlap Broadside were printed, with John Hancock’s name printed at the bottom. Today, 26 copies remain. 2. After voting on independence, the Continental Congress needed to finalize a document explaining the move to the public. It had been proposed in draft form by the Committee of Five (John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson) and it took two days for the Congress to agree on the edits 3. Most of the members of the Continental Congress signed a version of the Declaration in early August 1776 in Philadelphia. The names of the signers were released publicly in early 1777. So that famous painting showing the signing of the Declaration on July 4, 1776, is a bit of an exaggeration.

Valley Forge

1. Washington’s fortitude and leadership skills to keep his shivering and starving 12,000-man army. 2. over the winter of 1777-1778 was the turning point of the American Revolution. Given the events of these extraordinary six months – and given how much most people do not know about Valley Forge – here are 10 facts about that fateful winter that are sure to surprise.3. While it is true that nearly 2,000 of Washington’s soldiers at Valley Forge died from exposure, disease, starvation, or some combination thereof, this was more from a lack of clothing to defend themselves against the ever-shifting elements. Entire regiments were without shoes, and visitors were astonished to find and barefoot American sentries manning guard posts in the rain wrapped only in tattered blankets and standing on their hats to keep their feet warm.

George Washington

George Washington

1. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Washington served as a general and commander-in-chief of the colonial armies during the 2. American Revolution, and later became the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797.3. He died on December 14, 1799, in Mount Vernon, Virginia

Fun Facts

1. 2,165,076 British colonists lived in North America during the war.2. 20 percent of these colonists remained loyal to Great Britain.3. Up to 25,000 freed blacks and slaves fought on both sides.

Fun Facts