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Treaty of Paris
After the French and Indian War, the British, the French, and Ally's of the French in Spain all signed a treaty in Paris French. This treaty officially ended the French and Indian War & also the Seven Years War. -
Proclamation Line
The British enacted the Proclamation Line in 1763 which meant the colonists could not colonize any farther west of the Alpalachian Mountains. -
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Stamp/Sugar/Quartering/Townshend/Intolerable Acts
The British were had a lot of debt to pay off after the French and Indian War & the Seven Years War. Due to them being in a lot of debt the government needed to get more money so they started to heavily tax the colonists. The Colonists were not happy with the new British Policies that Britain was putting in action. -
The Boston Massacre
On the morning of March 5, 1770, due to a heavier military presence in Boston because of the resent rebellion against the townshend act a small group of colonists started to harass a group of British soldiers. The British soldiers shot at the crowd ultimately killing and severely injuring some colonists. Those soldiers were put on trial and punished. -
Boston Tea Party
Some colonists took the barrels of tea from a British ship and dumped them into the ocean to defy the British for placing the tea act. The British reacted harshly to this. The Boston Tea Party was the breaking point for the Americans and British. -
First Continental Congress
56 Delegates from all of the colonies except held a meeting in Philadelphia to discuss the measures to be taken against Great Britain. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
About 800 British Troops left late in the night of April 18, 1775 wishing for it to be a secret. However, the colonists learned about their plan and sent men on horse to warn the patriots in Lexington. In the morning, the British thought they would have an easy victory because when they went to Lexington they only were faced with 70 American Soldiers. Then they marched to Concord and were surprised with 4,000 American Soldiers who shot at them from the woods and behind stone walls. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British "won" the Battle of Bunker Hill but at a great cost. They suffered from a tremendous loss of about 1,100 of 2,400 British soldiers who were either killed or injured. While the Americans only lost or injured about 400 of their soldiers. -
Olive Branch Petition
The peace offering the colonists sent to the King to stop fighting while they'd try to figure out an alternate way to resolve their dispute. The King refused their treaty. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that explains that the time for talking is over and it is time to become independent of Britain using force. -
Second Continental Congress
The colonists issue the Declaration of Independence. -
Battle of Princeton/Trenton
The Americans general George Washington lead the Americans to a victory against the British troops. He surprised the British troops in Trenton and captured nearly all the Hessians. Then a few nights later he lead his troops to Princeton and the British saw them approaching and attempted to fight back but the American pushed them back and inflicted heavy losses to the British. -
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Battle of Saratoga
The Contintental Army won a series of battles in the area of Saratoga, New York. Then on October 17, 1777, British commander Burygone surrenders his troops to the Americans because he is greatly outnumbered. These victories caused a turning point in the war. This last victory was the biggest one they had gotten so far. The French became openly allied with the Americans after this win. -
Battle of Yorktown
The French and Continental armies cornered Great Britains army in Yorktown, New York. They made it so they could not escape by blocking off every exit for them. Seeing he was outnumbered by about twice the amount of men he had, the British commander Cornwalllis finally surrendered to the Americans. -
Treaty of Paris
After approximately two years of discussion between the four nations involved in this war (Spain, Francce, America, and Great Britain), British finally aceepted that the colonists are independent of them.
