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The French and Indian War: England and France signed a treaty to end the war, but the war cost Britain a lot of money
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The Stamp Act: required taxed stamp on official documents to help offset the cost of the French and Indian war
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Stamp Act repealed
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4 colonists shot by British troops
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the Tea Act was intended to help the East India Company by adding a tax onto the price of tea
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in an act of protest, colonists in Boston upset over the Tea Act costumed as Native Americans and dumped imported tea from the ships into the Boston Harbor
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Britain proceeded to impose a series of acts on the colonies in response to the Boston Tea Party, which Colonists saw as a violation of their rights, ultimately leading them into the Revolutionary Wa
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The first battles of the American Revolution were fought at Lexington and Concord, marking the beginnings of armed conflict between Great Britain and America.
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British armies attacked the Americans, expecting an easy victory over the smaller American militias. The Americans fought back but had to withdraw their troops, so Britain won the battle, despite losing more soldiers than the Americans.
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The Declaration of Independence is drafted and signed
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United States declared independence from Great Britain
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General George Washington led the Continental Army across the Delaware River to overtake the Hessian soldiers on December 26, 1776. This battle boosted the morale of the American troops, who had lost recent battles
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the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. General George Washington’s army defeated Lord Cornwallis’s British Army, which caused Great Britain to surrender and ended the Revolutionary War. Ended on October 19, 2781
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America and Great Britain signed Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War
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America and Great Britain signed Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War
