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Treaty of Paris 1763
The treaty offically ened the French and Indain war. The French agreed to no longer help any of that colonies of North America. The Spanish were also forced to give up their land to Florida. By this time the British ruled most of North America. -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation was issused by King George III to end the French and Indain War in North America. The Proclamtion made a broundary line protecting the 13 colonies from the Indians. It made it where the whites and the Indians had their own land to settle on and they couldn't settle on each others land. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was passed to make the colonist pay taxes on every sheet of paper they used. The money was used to pay for the troops near the Appalachian Mountains. The colonist were not happy because they had to pay but the amount of a stamp wasnt that much. -
Quartering Acts
Parliament passed this act for the British soldiers outlining the location and conditions in which they live. It required the colonist to house the British soldiers in their house and do as they say. The soldiers could almost everytime take that household over and kick the colonist out. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre killed 5 colonist. The royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 and tired to infocre taxes. The colonist didnt like the idea. -
Boston Tea Party
The people were mad because they started taxing them on tea and they weren't going to have that. The Sons of Liberty and the Mohawk Native Americans boarded three British ships and dumped 342 crates of tea into the harbor. Tea was eventally boycotted throughout the colonies. -
Intolerable Acts
Was a series of laws sponsored by British Prime Minister. They were made due to the Boston Tea Party. They were 5 laws, and they were the Impartial Administration of Justice Act, the Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act, the Boston Port Act, Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a group of 56 delegates from 12 colonies, they met Philadelphia. The only colony that didn't meet was Georgia. They met in secret becasue they didn't want Great Britian to know they we're meeting to become one. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It inspired by people of the 13 colonies to fight for independence. He wrote it because he wanted to educate the genral public on freedom. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty. The committee consisted of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman. The Declaration of Independence was written by Jefferson in Philadelphia. -
Washington Crossing the Delaware
General George Washington led the American revolutionary troops across the Delaware River. He wanted to surprise the English and Hessian troops in the Battle of Trenton. The battle took place the day after Christmas. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga were a series of battles that culminated in the Battle of Saratoga. During this battle the British General John Burgoyne surrenders. This was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. -
Valley Forge
The Valley Forge is where George Washington led his troops into winter quarters. Valley Forge was easily defensible, but still close enough to the city for Washington to maintain pressure on the British. They were 12,000 men that were with Washington at the time. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the last great battle of the American Revolutionary War. It is where the British Army surrendered. Cornwallis's sword was accepted by General Benjamin Lincoln while he was surrendering. -
Surrender of Cornwallis
British General Charles Cornwallis formally surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a French and American force at Yorktown. Cornwallis had driven General George Washington's Patriot forces out of New Jersey in 1776, and led his Recoats in victory over General Horatio Gates. Washington and his American army of around 5,000 men, to block Cornwallis' escape from Yorktown by land.
