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treaty of paris
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proclamation
The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and the relations with Native North Americans through regulation of trade, settlement and land purchases on the western frontier.This event was just the beginning of rising tensions between Great Britain and the colonies. -
sugar act
Known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act. It is expedient that new provisions and regulations should be established for improving the revenue. -
stamp acrt
This was a direct tax imposed by the British Parliament. The Stamp Act met great resistance in the colonies -
townshend act
The Townshend Acts was a series of laws passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain. Charles Townshend who drafted the proposal. The Townshend Acts involved five laws nameing the Revenue Act, The Indemnity Act. The New York Restraining Act. The Commissioners of Customs Act, and the Vice Admiralty Court Act. -
boston massacre
This event was called the Incident on King Street by the British. in order to protect and support crown-appointed colonial officials attempting to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation. -
tea party
Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into the Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party was not the first act of rebellion. John Hancock was also seized for smuggling tea to the colonists so that they would not have to pay Parliament’s taxes. -
battle of bunker hill
Battle of Bunker Hill took place by Boston. This was important because that is where the patriots fought their hardest. -
independence from britian
First they declared that they were independent by sending the Declaration to King George. This was important because it is how we gained our freedom. -
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
American Declaration of Independecne.
This is a important even in history because it started a new history for Great Britain. -
Articles of Confederation
formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. This radified all the countries. -
guerrilla warfare
Irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants including, but not limited to armed citizens. guerrilla warfare has been regarded as little more than an intensely violent and rather localized sideshow -
treaty of paris
This ended the American Revolutionary War. It was important because it started to be a allied on the other countries. -
cotton gin
This was a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds. It is importnat to us because we have improved the machine to be in our times but it still helps people make clothes. This was invented by Eli Whitney. -
kiysuaba orcgase
The Louisiana territory encompassed all or part of 15 current U.S. states. France controlled this vast area from 1699 until 1762, the year it gave the territory to its ally Spain -
battle of tippecanoe
The United States was led by Governor William Henry Harrison to the Indiana Territory and where Native American warriors associated with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh. tensions and violence increased, Governor Harrison marched with an army of about 1,000 men to disperse at the headquarters. -
british struck washington
Within a day they had captured to city and burned th executive mansion and other public buildings. This was one of the coastal assaults. -
treaty of ghent
This was the peace treaty that ended the War. Of the slow communications it took weeks for news of the peace treaty to reach the United States the Battle of New Orleans was fought after it was signed. -
battle of new orleans
This was the final major battle of the War of 1812. The vacont territory the United States had acquired with the Louisiana Purchase -
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second seminole war
Various groups of Native Americans known as Seminoles and the United States was part of a series of conflicts. This was the most expensive Indian War fought by the United States. -
trail of tears
This was aname given to the forced relocation and movement of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. In 1831 the Choctaw were the first to be removed, and they became the model for all other removals. many people died on this journey. -
mexican war
This was an armed conflict between the United States of America and Mexico. American forces quickly occupied New Mexico and California, then invaded parts of Northeastern Mexico. -
prohibition
Prohibition is the legal act of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation and sale of alcohol. This led to the first and only time an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was repealed.This is now our 18th amendment. -
compromise of 1850
The Compromise was greeted with relief, although each side disliked specific provisions. California's application for admission as a free state with its current boundaries was approved and a Southern proposal to split California at parallel 35 degrees north. -
emancipation proclamation
This was a order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln. This was not a law passed by Congress It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states in rebellion -
inaugurated at fort summers
Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address.The speech was primarily addressed to the people of the South and was intended to succinctly state Lincoln's policies and desires toward that section, -
fort sumter falls
The fort is best known as the site upon which the shots initiating the American Civil War. This was another cause of the end of the war of 1812. -
texas declares independence from mexico
This was adopted at the Convention of 1836. Many struggled with understanding what the goals of the Revolution.were. Some believed that the goal should be total independence from Mexico -
draft riots
This was a violent disturbance in New York City. Initially intended to express anger at the draft, the protests turned into an ugly race riot, with the white rioters attacking blacks wherever they could be found. At least 100 black people were estimated to have been killed -
gettysbutg address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and is one of the most well-known speeches in American history. This speach was given during the American Civil War. -
anti slavery
This was promoted the greater good for slaves, was considered controversial and sometimes met with violence. This was another important event because it helped give everyone the freedom that they desevered.
