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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was fought between Britain, France, and their respective Native American allies for the control of North America -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the moment when political tensions between British soldiers and American colonists violent. Following the end of the French and Indian War, Great Britain began to levy taxes on its colonies to defray the cost of the expensive war. colonies who had been in charge of taxing themselves began to openly resist Great Britain. -
Boston Tea Party
The American colonists were frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
1st Continental Congress
All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. These were elected by the people, by the colonial legislatures, or by the committees of correspondence of the respective colonies. The colonies presented there were united in a determination to show a combined authority to Great Britain, but their aims were not uniform at all. Pennsylvania and New York sent delegates with firm instructions to seek a resolution with England. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The historic engagement known as Parker’s Revenge occurred on the afternoon of the first day of the Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775, after American blood was first to shed on Lexington Green and at Concord. Years later, an eye-witness who was on Lexington Green recalled Captain John Parker saying: “Stand your ground! Don't fire unless fired upon! But, if they want dn to have a war, let it begin here.” Parker later regrouped his men on a rocky hillside to the west of Lexington Green.d -
Battle of Bunker Hill
sdThe American patriots were defeated at the Battle of Bunker Hill, but they proved they could hold their own against the British Army. The fierce fight confirmed thats any reconciliation between England and her American colonies was no longer possible.sdf -
Declaration of Independence
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The American defeat of the superior British army lifted patriot morale, furthered the hope for independence, and helped to secure the foreign support needed to win the war. One of the most decisive American battles of the Revolutionary War, Saratoga ended British general John Burgoyne's attempt to control the Hudson River Valley. sealing the alliance between America and France. -
Surrender at Yorktown
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some eight hundred men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War long after his surrender, the general's defeated troops marched out of Yorktown to the tune “The World Turned Upside Down.” -
Important Event
I think the most important event is the signing of the treaty of Paris, I think this because that's when everyone stops fighting and people can have their freedom. -
Treaty of Paris
Officially ended the war. In actuality, victory required significantly more troops, more resources, and more money than Parliament could give to the effort. Instead of sending more troops across the sea to North America, British delegates were sent to France to begin forging a peace treaty with the United States. Two years later on September 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed and the Revolutionary War officially came to an end.