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The French and British clash over the Ohio River valley area. Ended on February, 1763.
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Ended the French and Indian War and also made France give up all its territories in North America.
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Declared colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains without British permission
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Increased duty on foreign sugar imported from the West Indies.
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Mandated the affixing of stamps, certifying payment of tax. Stamps were required on anything made of paper such as legal documents, newspapers, playing cards, etc.
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Required certain colonies to provide food and quarters for British Troops.
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Asserted power over the colonies.
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Designed to collect revenue from the colonies by putting duties on imports of glass, lead, paper, and paint.
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When 10 British soldiers opened fire on a group of unarmed Patriots that were throwing snowballs, sticks, stones, etc.
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Granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on Tea in the colonies.
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When a band of Bostonians, disguised as indians, boarded the docked tea ships and dumped 342 chests of tea in the harbor.
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Series of laws passed by Parliament after the Boston Tea Party to punish Massachusetts colonists for what they did.
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A meeting in Philadelphia to consider ways of redressing colonial grievances.
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The first battles of the Revolutionary War.
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Where they decided to make George Washington Commander-in-chief
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Battle that gave the Americans a confidence boost that showed they can win the war, even though they technically lost the Battle.
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A letter sent to King George III in a last attempt to avoid war.
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Pamphlet made by Thomas Paine to convince the people to fight for independence.
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Document written by Thomas Jefferson, declaring the 13 colonies to be independent from Great Britain, and approve by congress on July 4, 1776.
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A battle in which the Americans won, but what is significant is that this battle convinced the French that the Americans could win and decided to help them.
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Battle in which Cornwallis surrenders after the French and Americans surrounded them both by land and by sea, thus ending the war.
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Treaty that ends the American Revolution and declares the United States as an independent country.
