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