American Revolution

French and Indian War

Jan 25, 1756

-Britain and American allies fought a war against the French and their Indian allies
-The war was over control of North America

French and Indian War

Jan 25, 1763

The British and Americans won the war, and in 1763, France gave up most of its territory in North America to England.

Proclamation

Jan 25, 1763

-The Proclamation of 1763 forbade the settlement of American colonists beyond the Appalachian mountains pending further adjustments. -It was designed to fairly work out Native disputes.-The Proclamation angered colonists, as they had fought for this territory and believed they had a right to it.-Many colonists settled on this territory anyway.

Stamp Act

Jan 25, 1765

-The Stamp Act required colonists to buy stamps to put on all kinds of products, like newspapers.
-Colonists protested.
-They said that the king could not raise taxtes without sonsulting the people.
-Since colonists did no ekect representatives to Parliament, they said they were not consulted about the new taxes.

Boston Massacre

Jan 25, 1770

• In 177-, a fight broke out between a mob of Americans and British soldiers. -The soldiers fixed into the crowd and 5 colonists were killed.

Intolerable Acts

Mar 24, 1774

-Britain responded by closing Boston.Harbor, sending British troops and quartering(housing) them in American homes, and closing down the Massachusetts gorvernent.
-Colonists called these Intorable Acts.

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

-In 1774, colonists from the different colonies called together a congress to meet and discuss how they should respond to Britain.
-They agreed to meet again in May 1775, and in the meantime to boycott British products.

Second Continental Congress

Mar 10, 1775

-Soon, the Second Continental Congress met.
-It voted to create an army, and it placed George Washington in command.

Lexington and Concord

Apr 17, 1775

-On April17,1775, British soldiers marched on the town of Lexington, Messachusetts, to capture some hidden guns.
-Fighting broke out.
-British troops continued to concord, but minutemen firedat them from behind the rocksand trees.
-By the end of the day,minutemen had killed 273 British soldiers.

Independence

Jul 4, 1776

On July 4, 1776, Congress signed the Declaration of Independence.

French Allies

Sep 19, 1778

-After Saratoga, the French began sending troops and ships to help the Americans fight the British.
-The young Marquis de Lafayette became a good friend of Washington's.

Freeing Boston

Oct 21, 1780

-The Washington received 60 cannons captured from Fort Ticonderoga.
-He secretly put them on the hills overlooking Boston, and the British were forced to retreat from the city.

Yorktown

Oct 19, 1781

-Washington and the French movedtheir armies into Virginia and attacked General Cornwall's troopsat Yorktown.
-With his army surrounded, Cornwall surrenderedat October,1781.
-This marked the end of major fighting.