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Treaty of Paris
Britain claimed everything east of the Appilation Mountians. The French gave Spain New Orleans and the Mississippi River.Britain also gave Spain back Cuba and Phillipines for Florida.
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Proclamation of 1763
The Britishes Proclamatiion said the American Colonist could not settle beyond the Appalachan Mountians. It was set up to stables relationships with the Native Americans after the French/Indian war. This Angered the Colonist, who though they earned the rights to settle. -
Sugar Act
A heavy tax put in place by Parliment. It taxed sugar, molasses, and other products. It also had harsh punishments on smugglers and other people who tried to get around the law. -
Stamp Act
Another law put into place by parliment. It required that all papers sent to the colonies had a stamp on them to show that they had paid the tax on them. It caused alot of anger thourgh out the colonies. -
Quarting act
A law Britain passed that required Colonist to house soldiers. It upset many Americans. They also were required to feed them and provide supplies. -
Boston Massacre
When American Men threatened British soldiers, they open fired on them after they started throwing rocks and other projectiles. In reality, only five men died, and left 6 injuired, but the sons of liberty called it the boston massacre to rally anger aaist the British. -
Tea Act
The British parliment placed this law into place to pay for the cost of the French/Indian war. It angered colonist because it placed high taxes on imported goods, namely tea. -
Boston Tea Party
Anger at the tax on tea, a group of men dress up as Native Americans. They go on to british tea ships and destroy 342 chest of tea. They beleived this would cause Britain to realiase their anger at the taxes. -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts were a stream Acts passed by parliment in 1774. They enraged colonist because they included taxing, invation of property, and their natural born rights. -
First Continental Congress
56 members of this congres met in Carpender's hall, Philidelphia, Penslvania. They met in responce to Bitian's passing of the Intolerable Acts. They decieded on boycotting British goods and petitioning the Act. -
Common Sense
On january 10, 1775, Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense. It helped Rally Americans into fighting against the British's control in the Colonies. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first military battle during the revelutionary war, it started between Lexington and Concord. It eventually spread to other surrounding towns including Boston and Cambridge. THe Colonies Militamen forced the British to retreat. -
Second Continental Congress
On may 10, the deligents from all thirteen colonies began meeting in Philadelphia. They decieded to form an army and to have George Washington become the commanding officer. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Militismen built forts on Bunker and Breed's HIll. Alarmed, the british attacked. They won the battle, bu more than 1,000 of there british soiliers were dead or wounded in the battle. -
Delcaration of Independence
The Declaration of indepence was passed on july 2, 1776. It was written by Thomas Jefferson, who was part of the committe to draft it. -
Battle of Brooklyn (long Island)
This battle gave the British control of Ney York, New York. The british waited outside the city for four days before they attacked, forcing the continental army out of Ney York (City). -
The American Crisis
First released on December 23, 1776, Thomas paine wrote phanphlets because of the populeraty of his writings in common sense. It helped rally Americans to support their independce. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a major win for American forces and left morals high on their part. It was also the defeat on the hessians the british hired. -
Battles of Saratoga
Several diffferant battles that took place in and near Saratoga, New York.THe battles were hard fought, but in the end, the british troops surrendered,and became a turning point in the war. -
Winter at Valley Forge
After a battle agaisnt Briish forces, Washington and his men struggled to find a forrm of camp. They sspent the winter on the run, and nearly 2,500 men died from either starvation or illness. -
Battle of Yorktown
In one of the last major battle of the war, American and French forces bombarded British tropps in Yorktown. Having no way out, Cornwallis and his British troops surrendered his force of 8,000 men. -
Treaty of Paris (Revolutionary War)
The !783 version of the treaty of Paris declared America independent, Teritory to the west of the mississippi, south of florida, and by canada.
