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The French and Indian War was between Britain and France for territory and waterways. Britain ended up with more land in North America, unlike France. This war started in 1754 until 1763 -
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a boundary that was produced by the British in the Appalachian mountains. This Proclamation prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on land acquired from the French. King George III issued the Proclamation after the French and Indian War. -
The British parliament passed the Sugar Act in 1764. It provided for a strongly enforced tax on sugar, molasses, and other products brought into the American Colonies. -
The Stamp Act required the colonists to pay a tax, with a stamp on various forms like papers, documents even playing cards. -
This act applied not only to Massachusetts but to all the American colonies. This act allowed royal governors, rather than colonial legislators, to find homes and buildings to quarter or house british. -
The Townshend Acts were a series of British acts of Parliament passed between 1767 and 1768 that brought up a lot of taxes and regulations to fund the administration of the British colonies in America. -
The Boston Massacre was set on March 5th, 1770. A crowd confronted eight British soldiers in the streets of the city. As they insulted and threatened them, the soldiers fired their muskets killing 5 colonists. Some people like to say that it all started with a snowball fight. -
The Boston Tea Party started because of tea taxes. Colonists would protest British Parliament's tax on tea. The demonstrators boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British government considered the protest as an act of treason and responded -
The tea act of 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. This Act gave the East India Company a tax break on their tea, which made it cheaper then tea that was being smuggled into the colonies from other places. -
In 1774, Great Britain decided to use brute force to deal with the rebellious American colonies, particularly the colony of Massachusetts. Following the blatant insubordination of the Boston Tea Party in 1773, Great Britain aimed to use a heavy hand on the rebellious colony of Massachusetts. -
The first Continental Congress convened in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between September 5th and October 26th, 1774. Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression. -
The American Patriots were defeated at the Battle of Bunker Hill. They proved they could hold their own against the superior British Army. The fierce fight confirmed that any reconciliation between England and her American colonies was no longer possible. -
The Second Continental Congress assumed the normal functions of government, appointing ambassadors, issuing paper currency, raising the Continental Army through conscription, and appointing generals to lead the army -
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by Congress on July 5, 1775, to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. The Petition emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and emphasized their rights as British citizens. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord were some of the leading military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomu, and Cambridge -
Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used to spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain -
The declaration of independence states the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based. Unlike the other founding documents, the Declaration of Independence is not legally binding, but it is powerful. -
After crossing the Delaware River in a treacherous storm, General George Washington's army defeated a garrison of Hessian mercenaries at Trenton. The victory set the stage for another success at Princeton a week later and boosted the morale of the American troops. -
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans, significantly supported by the French, over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Valley Forge is the location of the 1777-1778 winter encampment of the Continental Army under General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War. -
The Americans claimed victory because they occupied the battlefield after the British left. This greatly increased American morale and strengthened Washington's position as commander of the army. Charles Lee returned to the field and led the advanced guard at the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778. Lee's attack was disorganized and the ensuing confusion resulted in the retreat. -
The Treaty of Paris guaranteed both nations access to the Mississippi River, defined the boundaries of the United States, called for the British surrender of all the posts within U.S. territory, required payment of all debts contracted before the war, and an end to all retaliatory measures against loyalists and their property.