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The french and Indian war was so important was because after the British went into a lot of debt and forced lots of Acts on the colonists. The French lost the war so they got kicked out of North America witch made the British government mistreat the colonists. The French and Indian war happens causing the British government to be mean to the colonists forcing the colonists to start a revolution against the British.
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The Sugar Act made it so that the colonists can no longer get imported sugar and molasses from the West Indies without tax. To get back money lost in the French and Indian War.
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The stamp act said that all printed paper had a tax like playing cards, legal documents, license, newspapers... This was one of the many taxes that lead to the American Revolution.
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In Boston a mob of angry colonists came too a group of red cotes and started to complain. The red cotes started to threat the colonists then finnaly had to shot 5 people to get them away.
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The Tea Act was the last straw of a lot of unwanted taxes. The act ignited the colonists so the started to rebel with the Boston Tea Party.
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The Boston Tea Party was the effect of the Tea Act. Colonists got lots of things taxed and because on the latest act the Tea Act the colonist rebelled and dumped 340 chests or 92,000 pounds of tea was dumped in the Boston Harbor.
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The British came over to the colonists and shut down the Boston harbor and also made them pay over 1 million dollars (in today money) worth of tea dumped into the harbor during the Boston Tea Party.
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The king forced homeowners to house soldiers. The soldiers were there because the king wanted to keep watch on the colonists. They watched the colonists because there was a lot of new rules and they made sure the colonists follow the new rules.
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Patrick Henry gave this speech "Give me life or Give me Death" had the prepare to help free the colony of Virginia and to help motivate them to get free from England.
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This was the first real battle of the war and showing how the colonists did not like the British government. 8 people were killed and lots more wounded. Also The redcoats were coming for the Americans but they were ready so the Americans won this battle by killing about 70 soldiers.
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While capturing fort Ticonderoga a small group of mountain boys took out all the men at the fort and took it for themselves.
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Battle of bunker hill was the start of the revelation for america after the battle the rebels loss hope but then caused lots of casualties to the British gave the rebels a convenience boost they needed to win the war.
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George Washington was named commander in chief because he was already the commander of Virginia and chose over others like John Lock because being the commander of Virginia he gave hope to bring the colonies together.
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The book Common Sense was a book wrote by Thomas Paine was a like the baby Declaration of Independence. This book challenged the majority of the British government and said that England was a royal monarchy. This was the first attempt for independence form Great Britten.
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The delegate of the Continental congress came together in a rush because of the war and started to take some momentous steps to get their independence from Britten by signing the Declaration of Independence.
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Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary war because this was the first major win from the rebels by making the British surrender.
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The alliance was made because of the long term rivalry between them and the British and getting kicked out of North America. The French started to send supplies and help to the colonists.
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Battle of Yorktown was the first big battle where the rebels and the French teamed up and made the Britten surrender.
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There was lots of troops and ships on the side of the rebels and the British only had 8000 troops. There was originally going to be lots of British ships coming but never arrived to the battle.
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The treaty was signed because the British lost the war and the rebels finally won their independence and was no longer under control by the British.
