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French and Indian War
The French who has colonized parts of North America cause a lot of conflict bertween the American Indians and themselves, leading to a war. -
Proclamation of 1763
The British government established a border near the Appalachian mountains so that colonists could not cross into American Indian territory. -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the Revolutionary War and granted American independence. -
Sugar Act
George Greenville decided to tax colonists in oreder to make money back for the bedt that had accumulated. -
Stamp Act
A tax on stamps as well as paper documents was established in the colonies to bring more money to the British government. -
Sons of Liberty is formed
Mechants in Boston organized a secret group to protest the stamp act. -
Townshend Acts
These acts taxed items imported into the colony such as tea, lead, glass, paint, and paper. -
Boston Massacre
British officers shopt and killed five colonists. -
Tea Act
Tea was no longer taxed by the British government but nobody else could sell it, giving them all of the profit. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists disguised themselves as Indians and threw large shipments of British tea into the Boston Harbor -
Intolerable Acts
british Parliament punishes the colonists for the tea party by shutting down Boston harbor and allowing British Soldiers to live in colonist's houses. -
First Continental Congress meets
Delegates from the colonies met in Philadelphia to write a declaration of colonial rights. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The colonists ambush the oncoming British Redcoat soldiers in the first two battles of the American Revolutionary War -
Second Continental Congress
Colonists decide to form a Continental Army with George Washington as its commander. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts -
Olive Branch Petition
The colonists wrote this to show the king they had rights but would remain loyal to the king -
Early British Victories
Bunker Hill (colonists ran out of ammunition and were forced to retreat) & Battle of Quebec (help from French Canadians helped as reinforcements were needed) -
Early Continental Army victories
Lexington and Concord, the very first battle of the Revolutionary War, was won by the patriots, giving them a good start to the war -
Publication of Common Sense
This writing by Thomas Paine questioned the British authority in the colonies as well as the king -
Declaration of Independence
The official document stating the colonies' independence from Britain -
Marquis de Lafayette
a frenchman who joined the continental army and sent many suppolies and funds to the colonies -
Saratoga
Battle in which the British surrender, a major turning point in the war -
Valley Forge
Nearly 2,500 colonial soldiers died at this military camp due to starvation, harsh weather, and malnutrition. -
Frederich von Steuben
a Prussian officer who became a Major General in the Continental Army and introduced new and improved methods of fighting -
British Victories in the South
Charleston and the First Battle of Savannah (1778) -
British Surrender at Yorktown
British troops were expecting ships from New York that never arrived, putting them behind
