American revolution

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    French And Indian War

    The french and Indian war started because they were moving onto each other's land and they were fighting to get there land back.The war came to a complete end on February 10,1763 with the singing of the treaty of Paris England went into major debt after the war , the French and Indian war had to protected the colonies so the parliament decided to tax them more
  • sugar act

    The British passed the sugar act setting a tax cause sugar and molasses imported in the colonies that the manufacture of rum
    the first ever law that was passed by Parliament was to raise taxes from colonies.
  • Stamp Act

    The acted forced colonists to pay a tax on special items which needed to be stamped mostly newspapers play cards and legal documents,stamps act of 1765 was passed into Texas imposed on legal papers like violent opposition and reaction to the stamps act resulted the British repealing the act in 1766
  • The Boston Massacre

    many groups began insulting throwing thing at the British guards angry mobs surrounded them soon then British started to fire at the crowd killing
  • The Tea Act

    Massachusetts patriots started to dress as Mohawk Indians to protest against British this gave the East India company's rights to sell tea without tax they used ships of their own to thus cutting out business
  • The Boston Tea Party

    Samuel Adams and the son of liberty sneaked onto three ships in the Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chest of tea into the water
  • Boston Port Act

    its a act of the parliament of great britain that also became a law on March 25,1774 and is one of the measures that were desugned to secure Great Britain
  • The Quartering Act 1774

    the act forced colonists to pay for British soldiers in their homes and feed them March 24, 1765 Quartering act was passed the first of a series of law which was requiring the provision of housing ,food and drink to British troops
  • Patrick Henry's “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” Speech

    Patrick Henry than american attorney, planter and politician who was known for an orator during the movement for the independence in Virginia.
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    the first military engagement the american revolutionary war it was fought on April 19 1775 in the middle sex country
  • Alliance is Made between the Rebels and the French

    during the american revolution the colonies faced the significant challenge. The single most important diplomatic success of the colonists during the War for Independence was the critical link they forged with France. Finally the treaty of amity and commerce on February 6,1778
  • Battle of Ticonderoga

    1759 A British approach the forced the small garrison to withdraw in the battle , then 1775 the capture if the fort Ticonderoga then a surprise capture of the American fort
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    June 17, 1775 the revolutionary war the Britsh defeated the American at the Battle of Buncker Hill althought their loss, the inexperienced coloial forced inflicted significant casualties against the enemy
  • George Washington is Named Commander in Chief

    George Washington he was a American politician and soldier that served as the 1st President of the United States
  • Thomas Paine Writes Common Sense

    Thomas Jefferson he was American founding Father and the principal of the Declaration of Independence and served as the third President of United States
  • Declaration of Independence

    congress soon adopted the declaration of independence which was drafted by Thomas Jefferson then on July 4th the president of congress and John Hancock and Charlie Thompson signed the hand written draft that was dispatched to nearby printers
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    Battle of Saratoga.

    they fought 18 days in 1777 this was the truing point if the American Revolution on September 19th the British general John Burgoyne almost got a victory over American forced led by Horatio
  • Alliance is Made between the Rebels and the French.

    During the American Revolution, the American colonies faced the significant challenge of conducting international diplomacy and seeking the international support it needed to fight against the British. The single most important diplomatic success of the colonists during the War for Independence was the critical link they forged with France.
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    Battle of Yorktown

    George Washington forced 17,000 french and continental troops against the British general lord Charles Cornwallis and contingent of 9,000 British troops
  • General Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at Yorktown

    the German battle or the siege of little York and on October 19, 1781 as Yorktown, Virginia came to victory by a combine that was forced by American army troopers
  • Peace Treaty Signed ending the American Revolution recognizing US independence.

    1783 the peace treaty was between united states and Great Britain which ended the revolutionary war the congress was made of 5 people John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Lauren.