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George Washington
He was a general for British in French and Indian war. He was General in American Revoulation. He became the president. He's 6'3 -
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French and Indian War
France But some forts up in undisputed area. British hire George Washington to take down the fort. Then It leads up to 7 years of war over a little bit of land. The British win -
Sugar Act
Taxes Sugar and other things. It goes under the Mo lases act which made you have to pay tax for basically everything you buy. now. -
Townshend Act
This act made it so lead, paper, glass and paint are taxed. So it made the Americans Evan angrier than ever. -
Boston Massicure
Boston Massicure was when the citizens were rioting and protesting against taxation. Through all the confusion British shot 5 Citizens. -
Tea Act
Tea Act 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the financially struggling company survive. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party was done by sons of liberty. They only threw tea over because they were protesting against the Tea Act. -
Intolerable Acts.
Was made to punish the Americans for dumping a lot of tea in the harbor. So the harbor was closed until it payed its tax. Set up new governor there so he would be loyal to the British. -
First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
1775. Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middle (I dont want to say the other word) County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle over Charleston, Massachusetts. The British won the Americans and Americans lost 100 men. -
Second Continental Congress
To decide to stay with Great Britain. Or pay them taxes. Or get representatives. Most of them wanted Independence. -
Common Sense
Its basically saying it's common sense, to go against the British. It's also for to boost moral for Americans against the British. -
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette signs declaration of Independence.
He signed the Declaration of Independence. He served in the continental army. And He was a Hero.Born: September 6, 1757, Died: May 20, 1834. -
The Declaration of Independence. 1776
The Declaration of Independence was written By Thomas Jefferson,Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert R Livingston. Interesting fact they were done with it on July 2. But delivered it to the British on July 4. -
Battle of Fort Washington
The Americans held the Fort. The British Overtook the fort. A disappointing loss for the Americans. -
Battle of Trenton
The Hessian's Defending the town. (hessian's aka Germans were hired by the British for being soldiers.)George Washington and his troops went and defeated them. One of the Biggest American Victory's. -
Battle of Princeton
The Battle of Princeton was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, fought near Princeton, New Jersey on January 3, 1777. General Lord Cornwallis had left 1,400 British troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Manhood in Princeton. But the American's won. -
Benedict Arnold Turns Traitor
He use to fight for Americans. He switched to the British and fought for them. -
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Battles of Saratoga. 1777
The Battles of Sara toga marked the climax of the Sara toga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Germantown
The Battle of Germantown was a major engagement in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought on October 4, 1777, at Germantown, Pennsylvania, between the British Army led by Sir William Howe, and the American Continental Army under George Washington! -
Valley Forge
The Americans are trapped in the winter. So they camp in the Valley of Forge for the rest of winter of 1777-1778 -
Battle of Monmouth
A Tactile Draw on both sides of the battlefield. They both fled away the same time. -
Battle of Camden.
The battle of Camden was a Major Victory for the British. In the southern theater. The British had Major victories. -
Battle of Kings Mountain
The British tried to get the southern states. But the Patriots came and wrecked them. -
Battle of Cow pens
The British and The American's fought for hours. After that the British fled and It marked an American Victory -
Battle of Guilford Court House
The Battle of Guilford Court House was fought on March 15, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War, at a site which is now in Greensboro, the seat of Guilford County, North Carolina. -
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Siege of Yorktown
There were little skirmishes against the British then it became a siege. Where all the French/ American Soldiers surrounded Yorktown. The British tried waiting it out. But they ran out of food and most of soldiers so they surrendered. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War. -
Credits.
Thanks To google and Wikepidea for getting all this information for the American Revolution.
