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French and Indian War
A war that kicks France out of North America and the British get there territory and a war starts between them all that creates the Treaty of Paris. -
Sugar Act
This act put a tax on sugar and molasses. These were used to make things that the people of the colonies wanted and needed. When this happened nobody liked this but the british because they were getting the tax money. -
Stamp Act
First internal tax on the colonies by the British.The british gave a tax on paper because of the debt they had from Seven Years War. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston massacre was an incident on King street. A crowd of angry colonists started up a fight between the soldiers. The soldiers were getting hurt and attacked by the colonists. The British fired at the colonists with fear for their safety. This left a few people dead. -
Tea Act
This is an act that made it so Britain's tea company would get more money. This gave the colonies mor tax on tea and led to the Boston Tea party. -
Boston Port Act
The Boston port and made the colonists there pay for the tea that was dumped in the Boston Tea Party. This was something that changed a lot of things. The port was closed so they couldn't get the goods they needed. -
The Quaturing Act
The Quartering Act made it so that British soldiers have to live with colonists. The British were not nice to the colonists and were very mean to them -
Patrick Henry's “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” Speech
A speech Patrick Henry gave this speech at Johns Church to volunteer people to cavalry and infantry. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
This was the first military engagement of the revolutionary war and started it. This happened because the British wanted to seize an arms cache. -
Battle of Ticonderoga
This was an approach by the British that forced french garrison to withdraw. This was also a time where the Americans make a surprise capture of the fort and make it so the British withdraw. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British defeated the people of the colonies with a Battle at Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Even thought they lost the inexperienced forces caused significant deathes against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. -
George Washington named President
This was when George Washington was turned into president and was in charge of the colonies. -
Thomas Paine Writes Common Sense
This was a pamphlet that Thomas Paine wrote to advocate the independence of the colonies from Great Britain and the king. -
The signing of The Declaration of Independance
The declaration of Independence was the signing of our independence from the king and Britain. This is when the climax of the things going on was. -
Battle of Saratoga
American soldiers met, defeated and forced a major British army to surrender. This crucial American victory gave patriots' hope for independence. -
Alliaince is made between rebels and french
The french and the colonies joined together for the battle against Britain. They were not always at good hands with each other but when we got our independence and we were fine. -
Battle of Yorktown
The surrender and siege of Yorktown by America -
General Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at Yorktown
In the siege of Yorktown , General Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington and his troops.This was important because we got surrendered by Germans. -
Peace Treaty Signed ending the American Revolution recognizing US independence.
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, talked between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
