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The French and Indian war was a large imperial war between the French and Great Britain(Also known as the seven years war).
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A parliament that passed a modified version of the original Sugar and Molasses Act.
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The Stamp Act was an act of the British Parliament that imposed a stamp duty on newspapers, legal documents, and commercial documents.
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The Quartering Act is a name that is given to a minimum of 2 acts of the British Parliament in the local governments of the American Colonies
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The Boston Massacre was a major street fight between a "patriot" mob and squad of British soldiers.
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The Tea Act was to reduce the large amounts of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company.
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The Boston Tea Party was an act of several Boston Colonists dressed as Indians throwing hundreds of chests of tea in the harbor as a protest against British taxes.
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The Boston Port Act was an act in which became a law that was designed to secure Great Britain's jurisdictions over American dominions
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The "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" speech was by Patrick Henry, he gave the speech on March 23, 1775 at St.John's Church to the Second Virginia Convention.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. These battles were fought in Middlesex Country, Province of Massachusetts Bay, and within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge(near Boston).
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The Battle of Ticonderoga was during the Revolutionary War on May 10, 1775. It started when a small force of Green Mountain Boys lead by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold overcame a small British Garrison, They looted their personal belongings of the garrison.
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George Washington was a leader of the revolutionary movement, was a former commander of Virginia's frontier forces, and a British colonial army officer.He was commissioned "commander-in-chief" of the army of the United States.
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In the early beginning of the Revolutionary War, the British had defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Despite losing the inexperienced colonial forced inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, ant the battle gave the men a much-needed confidence boost.
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Common Sense is a pamphlet that was written by Thomas Paine, advocating independence from Great Britian to the 13 Colonies.
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The Declaration of Independence was formally declared on July 2, 1776, Approved on July 4, 1776, but wasn't signed till August 2, 1776. This document was created to officially separate the colonies from Great Britain
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The Battle of Saratoga is known as the "turning point" of the Revolutionary War. The scope of the victory is made clear by a few key facts, on October 17, 1777 the British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms.
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The French had been tentative in its efforts to assist the Americans. France had an iterest in the American fight for independence stemmed from Frances humiliating defeat during the Seven Years War.
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The Battle of Yorktown was the last battle of the Revolutionary War, The British general Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George washington, Leaving the American soldiers with the victory
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Cornwallis surrendered to George Washinton during the Battle of Yorktown
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The Congress ratified preliminary articles of peace ending the Revolutionary War on April 15, 1783. On September 3,1783 the treaty was signed, bringing the revolutionary war to its end.
