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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American worldwide Seven Years' War. The war was fought between the British America and New France. Both sides were supported by military units from the countries of Great Britain and France, and Native American allies. This was important to the Revolution because the French became more friendly to the Americas. -
Stamp Act
Was an act of the British Parliament in that took from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal and helped the revolutionary movement against the British Crown. It was important to the Revolution because it helped pay for troops stationed in North America. -
Boston Massacre
A fight that occurred , between a patriotic mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a group of British soldiers. Many of the colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. This event was important because they gained independence from England. -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw over 300 things of tea overboard. This resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts in 1774 and pushed the two sides closer to war. This was mportant becasue it gave the colonists the motivation to stand up for their rights and to ultimately risk their lives by going to war for their independence -
Intoreable Acts
TheAmericans name for a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. The importance of this Act was a wake up call for the colonies. -
Lexington adn Concord
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. A British armed force of about 700 men marched from Boston to destroy American military weapons at the town of Concord, Massachusetts. This was an important event because it showed the British that the colonies were willing to fight against overwhelming forces for what the colonists thought was important to them. -
Declaration of Independence
The fundamental document establishing the United States as a nation, adopted on July 4, 1776. The declaration was ordered and approved by the Continental Congress and written largely by Thomas Jefferson. This was important becasue it contains the ideals or goals of our nation. -
Constitution
Is the law of the United States. It was signed to make things run smooth in the country. This was important because it made things in order and no more war about the law. -
Saratoga
A major battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state. Benedict Arnold, who had not yet turned traitor, was a leader of the American offensive, which forced the surrender of British troops under General John Burgoyne. This event was important because France entering the conflict on behalf of the Americans during the American Revolutionary War. -
Yorktown
The last battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1781 near the seacoast of Virginia. There the British general Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army to General George Washington.The Battle of Yorktown was important because it triggered the point of final surrender for British forces -
Treaty of Paris
Between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. The Continental Congress named a five-member commission to negotiate a treaty–John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens. This event is important because it established the boundaries between the United States and Britains remaining North American colony in what is now Canada -
Bill of Rights
The collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. a formal declaration of the legal and civil rights of the citizens of any state, This was important because guarantee that the United States Government, and later the States, would not infringe on rights that are personal to every human being in this nation, and those reserved to the States.
