american revolution part 1

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    War between French and Britain and lasted for 7 years resulting in british winning a lot of territory
  • Treaty of Paris 1763

    Treaty of Paris 1763

    treaty that ended the 7 years war and gave Britian land from the mountains to the Mississippi river
  • Proclamation line of 1763

    Proclamation line of 1763

    Line introduced by the king to prevent settlement west of the Appalachian mountains in result to Indian rebellion
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Law passes by parliament to raise price on foreign sugar to help pay off debt for war
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    A tax to give Britain revenue to help pay off war debt
  • declaratory act definition

    declaratory act definition

    Repeal of the stamp act and lessening of the sugar act
  • revenue act

    revenue act

    another way of getting tax revenue also known as townshed act
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    a riot in Boston lead by colonist and resulting in British troops firing into a crowd of people
  • tea act

    tea act

    where Britain placed a tax on all the tea entering the country
  • Townshed Acts

    Townshed Acts

    British placed these taxes aka revenue act, intolerable acts, and more
  • Battle of Lexington and concord

    was the first battle of the revolutionary war and the cause was British troops came to seize colonists weapons
  • olive branch petition

    olive branch petition

    made by John Dickinson which was adopted by the second continental congress on July 5th to be submitted to the king
  • Thomas Paine writes Common Sense

    encouraged people to fight for their basic rights as humans and also implying its common sense to fight for it
  • second continental congress

    Came together to declare independence from England and to help war efforts
  • declaration of Independence

    written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 declaring freedom of the thirteen colonies
  • George Washington is first President

    After his good war efforts as a general he was appointed the first president serving from 1789 to 1797
  • first continental congress

    first continental congress

    a meeting with delegates of 12 of the 13 colonies to discuss matters
  • Patrick Henry's Speech

    Patrick Henry's Speech

    Patrick Henry tried to persuade colonists that if you are not free to do as you please then you might as well die

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