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French and Indian War
A conflict in North America from 1754 to 1763 that was part of a worldwide struggle between France and Britain; Britain defeated France and gained French Canada -
Treaty of Paris
The 1763 treaty that ended the French and Indian War; Britain gained all of North America east of the Mississippi River. -
Proclamation of 1763
An order in which Britain prohibited its American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
A law passed by Parliament in 1764 that placed a tax on sugar, molasses and other sweets; also called for harsh punishment of smugglers. -
Stamp Act
A 1765 law passed by Parliament that required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax had been paid. -
Writs of Assisstance
A search warrant that allowed British officers to enter colonial homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods. -
Townshend Act
A series of laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that suspended New York's assembly and established taxes on goods brought into the British colonies. -
Quartering Act
A law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required the colonies to house and supply British soldiers. -
Boston Massacre
A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists, including Crispus Attucks, were killed. -
Tea Act/ Boston Tea Party
The dumping of 90,000 pounds of tea into the Atlantic Ocean to protest against the Tea Act. -
Intolerable Act
A series of Acts passed by Pariament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. -
1st Continental Congress
A meeting that had twelve different delegates. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. In the first part, the militiamen were defeated by the British because of the numbers of soldiers. In the second part, the militiamen concuered the British by meeting the rest of their numbers with 70 militiamen. -
2nd Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started to come together on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
"Give Me Liberty"
A famous speech said by Patrick Henry. -
Bunker Hill
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Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga was a large 18th-century fort built by the Canadians and the French at the south end of Lake Champlain in upper New York in the United States. -
Common Sense Published
The pamphlet, Common Sense, was written by Thomas Paine to support the American colonists. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a document that was written on July 4, 1776. Which announced that the thirteen American colonies considered themselves as independent states and no longer a part of Britain. -
Battle of New York
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Battle of Trenton
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Battle of Princeton
George Washington and his troops defeated the British in Princeton, New Jersey. -
Battle of Saratoga
A turning point in the war because France sided with the Americans against the British. -
Winter at Valley Forge
George Washington and his troops were miserable at Valley Forge. Most of the men died of starvation, cold and hunger. -
Battle of Yorktown
The last battle of the war because General Cornwallis surrendered when the French trapped him in a bay.
