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French Indian War.
It was the war between the french (with indian allies) and the british. It took place in North America, where it resulted in a british victory with the treaty of Paris. It was also known as the Seven Years war. It started in 1754 and ended in 1763. George Washington, John Forbes, among others, were some of the famous british involved. -
Treaty of Paris
This is often called the Treaty of 1763, and it ended the French Indian war. It was signed in february 10, 1763 in Paris, France. It's negotiators were John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, Cesar Gabriel de Choiseul, Duke of Praslin, and Jeronimo Grimaldi, 1st Duke of Grimaldi. -
Pontiac's War
The war began in may 1763 when Native Americans, offended by the policies of British General Jeffrey Amherst, attacked a number of British forts and settlements. Hostilities came to an end after British Army expeditions in 1764 led to peace negotiations over the next two years. the uprising prompted the British government to modify the policies that had provoked the conflict. -
Royal Proclamation of 1763
It was issued on October 7, 1763 by king George after they acquiered french territory in part of north America. The purpose of this was to organize Great Brtittain's new North American empire and to establish a stable relationship with Native North Americans. It also forbade any settlers to settle in territory thats passed from a line drawn through the Appalachian Mountains. -
George Greenville
George Greenville was a british politician who decided to reinforce the Acts of Navegation, which established that the commerce of the colonies had to pay taxes. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act consisted on the law that said that every document that was published in the colonies had to have a stamp. This tax was imposed because the British Kingdom needed to fund the British army. -
Declaratory Act
Was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade. -
Townshend Acts
were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. The purpose of the Townshend Acts was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would be independent of colonial rule -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others. Soldiers fired into the crowd, without orders, instantly killing three people and wounding others. Two more people died later of wounds sustained in the incident. -
Intolerable Acts
(Coercive) Acts. Was a name used to describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America. Four of the acts were issued in direct response to the Boston Tea Party of December 1773. Many colonists viewed the acts as an arbitrary violation of their rights, and in September of 1774 they organized the First Continental Congress to coordinate a protest. As tensions escalated, the American Revolutionary War broke out the following year, even -
First Continental Congress
was a reunion organized by the thirteen colonies,except for Georgia, early in the American Revolution, to talk and discuss the Intolerable acts that had punished Boston for it's famous Boston Tea party. It was called t make passage about the Coercive acts. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. -
Second Continental Congress
The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It was, in effect, a reconvening of the First Continental Congress. -
Olive Branch Petition
Was an attempt to avoid a war with Great Brittain. The Americans asured the british that they were loyal and wanted to avoid a full-blown war. The colonies then proceeded to rebellion with the proclamation of rebellion, but this was rejected before the king even claimed them to be traitors. -
Proclamation of Rebellion
This was the response of George III of Great Brittain when he recieved the news of the battle of bunker hill. It declared elements of the american colonies being in a state of open and avowed rebellion. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
It was mostly around breed's hill and took place in 1775. It was during the siege of boston, early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named Bunker Hill because that was the main objective. The leaders of the colonial forces learned that the british generals wanted to send out troops commanded by william prescott. the btish army's most significant loss was on bunker hill. -
Declaration of Independence
it was a document that stated that the thirteen american colonies thought of themselves as independent states and they didn't want to form part of the british empire. Thomas jefferson composed the original draft of the document. -
Battles of Trenton and Princeton
took place when George Washington crossed the Delaware river of Trenton, New Jersey. the harsh weather conditions made it possible for Washington to lead the main corps of the continental army. the battle of princeton took place in 1777, when geroge washington issued another attack at the battle of the Assunpink Creek in Trenton. -
Battle of Saratoga
decided the fate of the british army's general John Burgoyne and this war is considered a turnin point for the american revolutionary war. the battles were fought 18 days apart, south of Saratoga, New York. -
Battle of Yorktown
this was considered a combined victory for the american army, led by George Washington, and the French Troops, led by Rochambeau. Both defeated a brititsh army commanded by lieutenant general Lord Cornwalls. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
this treaty ended the american revolutionary war between Great Brittain and the americans with their allies, which were spain, france, and the dutch republic. territories were negotiated between the allied nations, which had previous agreements.
