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Treaty Of Paris 1763
The Treaty of Paris was the the Treaty that ended the French and Indian War. The French loses all of their land in North America to the Mississippi. -
Pontiac Rebellion
Chief Pontiac lead the Shawnees, Delawares, and other Indian tribes against the Settlers -
Proclamation Line of 1763
The Proclamation Line is the agreement that the British colonials weren't able to settle western of the Application Mountains. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was taxation on sugar and molasses, which required colonist to pay 3 pence. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required all colonist to purchase taxed stamps, and stamp marks on every piece of legal paper. -
Writs of Assistance
They were warrants for British soldiers to search any property. -
Quartering Acts
The Quartering Acts require all colonist to house British soldiers and to provide them supplies. -
Declaratory Act
This law said that the British Government had supreme authority to govern the Colonies. -
Townshend Acts
These acts tax the goods before they get into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the event that killed 5 colonist do to British soldiers firing at them for taunting and abusing them. -
Tea Act
The Tea act was the act that gave the East India Company total control over all tea sells in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was the act that colonist did to show Britain they weren't buying any of there products. -
Coersive Acts
These acts were to punish the colonist for the actions of the Boston tea party. They closed there ports, and brought back the quartering acts. -
First Continental Congress
Every colony was represented to create the Olive Branch Petition to make peace and separate from England. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The battles were fought to keep the British getting Sam Adams and the weapons. It was the shot heard round the world. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The battle of Bunker Hill was the a battle the Patriots thought they won do to the fact they killed many British soldiers, even though they lost the hill. -
Olive Branch Petition
The petition was the Colonist last effort to make peace and separate from England. -
Second Continental Congress
This was when the congress declared it's official army and that George Washington was declared the General Commander. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote common sense to sway the undecided people into joining the army to fight the British. -
Deceleration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was when the American colonist in congress declared independence listing their grievances and reasons to separate from Britain. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was when George Washington crossed the Delaware river on Christmas to lay a surprise attack on the British. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the war because the French saw that America might win this so they went and declared they would help America -
Winter at Valley Forge
The American soldiers were ill prepared at Valley forge die of starvation, disease and weather, they last an estimated 2500 soldiers. -
Battle of Yorktown
The siege placed by American troops lasted 2 weeks on the British army that was surrounded by the French Navy blocking materials for the British, so the British surrendered and this lead to the British ending the war by receding. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
This treaty ended the war by Britain acknowledging that America was a separate country and giving them all the territory east of the Mississippi River, except Canada