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French and Indian War
A seven year war between England and France. The colonists fought with the British and Native Americans with the French. The war was caused because the French want into the English claimed lands, continuously. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Native American uprising led by Pontiac against the British. After being screwed over, disrespected and lied to by the British, Native Americans led a rebellion. They unfortunately lost with numerous casualties. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited settlement of the colonists beyond the Appalachians. It was made to avoid conflicts between the colonists and the Native Americans. -
Stamp Act
This act required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet and almanac. Special "stamp duties" were imposed on packages of playing cards and dice. -
Quartering Act
An act issued by the Parliament. Parliament outlined the locations and conditions in which redcoats were to find room and board in the American colonies. -
Townshend Acts
Indirect taxes, or duties levied on imported materials--glass, lead, paint and paper--as they came from Britain. The acts imposed a three-penny tax on the most popular drink in the colonies, tea. -
Declaratory Act
Parliament was declared able to fully make laws "to bind the colonies and people of America...in all cases whatsoever." -
Boston Massacre
A fist fight over jobs that led to a mob gathering in front of a Customs House and taunted the guards. It resulted in 5 deaths and 6 injuries. -
Committees of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence unite colonial opposition against British policy and made a political union among the colonies. -
Tea Act
British's East India Company was given the right to sell tea to the colonies free of the taxes that colonial tea sellers had to pay. The middle men(colonial merchants) were cut out and colonists would pay less. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance of throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbor in reaction to being taxed by the British. -
First Continental Congress
56 delegates met in Philadelphia. They drew up a declaration of colonial rights. They defended the rights of the colonies to run their own affairs. They supported the protests of the Massachusetts. The delegates agreed to defend the colonists against the British. -
Lexington and Concord
British and colonies exchange gunfire. This was the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
This congress managed the war effort. They worked towards independence and adopted the Declaration on Independence. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
A battle that actually occurred on Breed's Hill with 2400 American troops. The British won after three attacks. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition is a letter to King George III from the Second Continental Congress to keep peace between the countries and avoid war. The king rejected the petition and issued a proclamation stating that the colonies were in rebellion and had a naval blockade off the American coast. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was the name of a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. This pamphlet advocated independence from Great Britain and gave the raw and honest truth of how Patriots felt. -
Declaration Independence
The formal declaring of independence from Great Britain. The document was written by Thomas Jefferson with John Locke as influence. The document entails the ideals and goals of America, it explains the complaints of the colonists against the king and it explained why they wanted to be free. -
Battle of Long Island
This battle was the first and largest battle of the Revolutionary War. The American troops were outnumbered and were pushed back across the East River and took NYC. The British used thousands of Hessians in the battle. -
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Trenton was a pivotal moment in the American Revolution, which gave hope to the troops. Washington led 2400 men in small rowboats across the Delaware River. The Hessians, who held Trenton, were drunk and the American troops took advantage of that. They won the battle and captured almost all of the Hessians. -
Battle of Princeton
George Washington quietly led his troops to Princeton. There he surprised the British army and beat them. -
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the American Revolution, where American troops, with the help of General Gates, surrounded Burgoyne and his troops and forced them to surrender. This battle proved the ability of the American troops which, motivated the French to help them. This is the reason it is seen as the turning point of the war. -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge was the military camp where the troops endured months of death and despair. -
Savannah, GA
British took Savannah with the help of a British commander, Campbell. -
Charleston, SC
Britain captured Charleston and 5500 American troops and had them as war prisoners -
Camden, SC
African American troops joined the British and helped Cornwallis and his troops destroy American forces. -
Cowpens, SC
American troops, outnumbered, forced the British to surrender. Nathanael Greene and Daniel Morgan was the American commander. Cornwallis and Colonel Banastre Tarleton were the British commanders. -
Guilford Court House, NC
Cornwallis sneakily attack Greene and won. However, 93 died, 400 wounded and 26 went missing. -
Battle of Yorktown
After three weeks of fighting, the British surrendered after being outnumbered, bombarded and surrounded. -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris was the formal end to the war. From the treaty, America wanted full independence, Great Britain didn't want to give that to America, the French supported America but was scared of how powerful they could be. Spain, last of all, wanted the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.
