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American Revolution

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  • French and Indian war begins

    French and Indian war begins

    Britain and its allies fought French and Indian allies over control of ohio River Valley
  • Albany Plan

    Albany Plan

    Representatives from the colonies held a meeting in Albany New York to discuss how to fight France.
  • French and Indian war ended

    French and Indian war ended

  • Pontiacs rebellion

    Pontiacs rebellion

    Indians fight British in Ohio Valley.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    said that colonists could not settle west of Applachain Mountains
  • Sugar act

    Sugar act

    British tax on on sugar, coffee, cloth, to pay for the war
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    taxed anything printed on paper
  • Stamp Act Congress

    Stamp Act Congress

    Nine colonies met in New York City, diecied that only colonial government could tax colonies
  • Stamp act Repealed

    Stamp act Repealed

  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    taxes tea, glass, lead, paints, paper. Tax was to pay for services of British governors and soilders in the colonies.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Riot at Boston Customs soilders shot fired an 5 colonists were dead.
  • Tea tax

    Tea tax

    reclaimed tax on tea
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Several laws that were punishment for the Boston Tea Party. One of the laws was the Quartering Act which required people to house soilders in their home.
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Britishs army moves toward Concord to sieze weapons and ammunition. Shots fired at Lexington and colonists killed.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    Delegates met to prepare for war; created new army; chose George Washingtoncas commander.

  • Battle at Bunker Hill

    Surprise attack by Americans on the British soilders. British won because the Americans ran out of ammunition.
  • Battle at Bunker Hill

    Battle at Bunker Hill

  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    Delegates from the 13 colonies met in Phiidelphia. Wrote a letter to King George asking him to stop taxing the colonists without their agreement and to repeal the Intolerable Acts.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Patriots disguised as Indians dumped crates of tea into into the harbor as protest against Tea Tax.
  • Richard Henry Lee

    Richard Henry Lee

    Offically asks the Continental Congress to declare independence.

  • Congress Votes for Independence

    The Continental Congress votes that the colonies were free and independent states.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The delegates accept the Declaration of Independence.

  • Declaration Offical

    By August 2,1776 all 13 colonies had signed and approved the Declaration of Independence.

  • Battle of Long Island

    British defeat Continental Army. Washington has to retreat.

  • Battle at Trenton

    NJ surprise attack on Christmas Day by Washington.This was a Patriot victory.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    British attacked form Canada. Kosciuszko helps Continental Army
  • Marquis de Lafayette

    Marquis de Lafayette

    joins Washington's army

  • Valley Forge

    Continental Army spends winter in freezing weather.

  • Generral von Steuben

    teaches the army to be better soldiers.

  • Battle at Savannah,Georgia

  • Battle at Charleston,SC.

  • Battle at Cowpens,SC.

  • Battle at "Ninety-Six",SC.