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French and Indian War
french and indian war was fought over land between british and the french and also involved the natives of the area the british won the war and ceded most of the french territory -
Treaty of Paris 1763
the treaty signed which ended the french and indian war and handed most of the land controlled by the french -
Proclamation Line of 1763
this act was formed which banned any exploration west of the colonies -
Sugar Act
act which taxed the colonists on sugar and molasses to help pay for war debt -
Stamp act
this act made colonist to print documents on specially printed paper from London which was taxed -
Declaratory Act
this act stated that the colonist was taxed the same as the people of britain -
Townshend Revenue Acts
created to collect money from colonists for the imports of glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea -
Boston Massacre
the incident on king street where british soldiers shot and killed colonists due to being under intense attack -
The Tea Act
the tea act was a tax on tea and was also the final straw for colonist with all the taxes -
Boston Tea Party
this was the response to the tea act, colonists dressed up as natives and dumped thousands of pounds of tea into the boston harbor -
Quartering act of 1774
for British troops to be given food and shelter at the expense of the American colonists -
Intolerable Acts
laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party they were to punish the colonist for dumping the tea cargo in response to the tea act -
First Continental Congress
meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies early in the american revolutuion -
Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me death” speech
He gave this speech to convince the colonist that war with britian was inevitable and that they need to prepare -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
were the first of the many engagements of the war -
Olive Branch Petition
an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the king -
Thomas Paine writes “Common Sense”
pamphlet written by Thomas Paine saying independence from britian to the thirteen colonies -
Second Continental Congress
managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence it was more succeeding than the first -
Declaration of Independence
the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House -
George Washington named Commander in Chief
the general of the congressonal army and also was the first president of the new united states and is one of the founding fathers
