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The Treaty of Paris of Feb. 10, 1763, was signed by Great Britain, France, and Spain. Together with the treaty of Hubertusburg, it terminated the Seven Years War.
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The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.
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The Townshend Acts were a series of four acts passed by the British Parliament in an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right to exert authority over the colonies through suspension of a recalcitrant representative assembly and through strict provisions for the collection of revenue duties.
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The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston.
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The Tea Act, passed by Parliament, would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes.
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The Intolerable Acts were a series of aws 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.
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The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates.
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The Edenton Tea Party was a political protest in Edenton, North Carolina, in response to the Tea Act, passed by the British Parliament in 1773. It was one of the earliest organized women's political actions in United States history.
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Paul Revere was sent for by Dr. Joseph Warren and instructed to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them.
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The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first major military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
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The Siege of Boston was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War.
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The Siege of Boston was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War.
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The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun.
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The Mecklenburg Resolves was a list of statements adopted at Charlotte, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Similar lists of resolves were issued by other local colonial governments at that time, none of which called for independence from Great Britain
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The Continental Army was formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America. Established by the Continental Congress, it was created to coordinate the military efforts of the Thirteen Colonies in their revolution against Britain.
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George Washington was chosen to lead the First Continental Army; He helped lead America to victory against Britian in the Revolutionary War.
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The Battle of Bunker Hill took place mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War
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Under Gage's control, British soldiers seized the Charlestown Pennisula in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress in a final attempt to avoid a full-on war between the Colonies and Great Britain.
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The Proclamation declared martial law and promised freedom for slaves of American Patriots who left their masters and joined the royal forces.
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The Halifax Resolves were the first official action in the American Colonies calling for independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution.
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The Declaration of Independence was the colony's official statement, delcaring that the colonies were separating from Britain.
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The Battle of Trenton took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, after General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton, New Jersey. The winners of this battle were the Americans.
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The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga occurred at Fort Ticonderoga, near the southern end of Lake Champlain in the state of New York. The British were considered the winners, because the Americans withdrew.
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The Battle of Charleston was one of the major battles which took place towards the end of the American Revolutionary War. The British Won this Battle.
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The Battle of Kings Mountain was a decisive battle between the Patriot and Loyalist militias in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The Americans won this Battle.
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The Battle of Cowpens was a turning point in the reconquest of South Carolina from the British. It took place in northwestern Cherokee County, South Carolina, north of the town of Cowpens. The Americans won this Battle.
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The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in the North American theater, as the surrender by Cornwallis, and the capture of both him and his army, prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict. The winners of this Battle were the Americans.
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The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America ended the American Revolutionary War.
