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The French and Indian war was a 7 year war from 1754-1763.
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The stamp act was a event, in which the British Colonies got a direct tax implemented on them. -
"The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies." -
The Boston Massacre was a altercation between British troops and a mob, where British troops shot multiple civilians. -
"The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston" -
The coercive act "were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party". -
"The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies " -
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" -
Paul Revere alerted Forces before the battle of Lexington and Concord. -
"The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War." -
The Battle of Bunker hill, was a battle in which the American patriots were defeated. -
" In proportion to the population of the colonies at that time (2.5 million), it had the largest sale and circulation of any book published in American history" -
The date in which the Declaration of Independence was signed -
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country” -
Washington’s plan included three individual river crossings, but they had only made it across one. -
"The Saratoga campaign in 1777 was an attempt by the British high command for North America to gain military control of the strategically important Hudson River valley during the American Revolutionary War" -
On this date France and America signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance in Paris, France. -
Bennedict Arnold committed Treason against America. -
The "Articles of Confederation" was a agreement among the 13 colonies, that served as a first Constitution. -
The Treaty of Paris was a treaty signed by an American representative and a British representative, the British representative was King George lll of Great Britain. Treaty can be thanked for ending the war.