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The Albany Congress
This meeting consulted on making a treaty with the French and Native Americans. Benjamin Franklin also made the "Join or Die" flag/painting -
French and Indian War
This was the start of one of the first major wars in the United States, it was between the colonists and the French and Indians who were fighting against the British Empire for more land. -
Pontiac's War
It was a war that happened right after the French and Indian war. Many Native American tribes teamed up to get their land and territory back from the British -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was an act when they separated up land between the British and Native Americans -
The Boston Tea Party
This was a very angry response by the colonists to the Tea Act. Colonists dressed up as Indians and dumped over a million dollars worth of tea into Boston Harbor. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was the first of many ridiculous taxes the British put on the Colonists that taxed Sugar and Molasses imported into the colonies. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a tax that made people pay to put a stamp on any legal document. (Marriage Certificate/Birth Certificate/Newspapers) -
The Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts taxed anything that was being imported to any colony. This led to an up-riot in the colonist's, making them rebellious. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre ignited the Revolutionary War. Several British soldiers were being harassed by a large group of rioting colonists on a late snowy night. 5 of the colonists were killed, along with another 6 wounded. -
The Committee of Correspondence
Many different colonists came together to talk about the troubles of the British. They first talked about making a list of reports of them catching the British not giving the colonists natural rights. -
Tea Act
This act did lower taxes on tea, but it made the British start a monopoly in the tea business. Many Merchants were affected negatively by the Tea Act. A very high percentage of the colonists then started to boycott tea. -
The Boston Tea Party
This was retaliation to the Tea Act from the colonists. Around 130 men dressed up as Indians and dumped over a million dollars worth of tea today into Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The British responded to the Boston Tea Party with this. The Intolerable Act is made of five ridiculous laws. One of the most outrageous was the Quartering Act: Housing and feeding a British Soldier for no cost to the Soldier. -
The First Continental Congress Meets
The First Continental Congress had its first official meeting after the initiation of the "Intolerable Acts". Two delegates from every colony (except Georgia) had met up in Philadelphia. They first discussed what to do by reacting to the British. They decided to do more boycotting and prepare for war by starting to form militia armies. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
This was the first battle of The American Revolutionary War. The first shot fired in Lexington is known as "The Shot Heard Around the World". The British were attempting to get the colonist's weapons that were all hidden away in Concord. Some militias were trying to go get the weapons to rehide away from the British. 70 militia fended off 700 British soldiers just in time for the others to get away with the weapons. -
The Second Continental Congress Meets
After The Battle of Lexington and Concord, a new congress was formed. Some delegates like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Hancock wanted to just straight up declare independence but, almost everyone else thought they should just go to war. So, they made a Continental Army and elected General George Washington to be the Commanding Chief of the Continental Army. -
The Colonists Raid Fort Ticonderoga
Soldiers followed by Ethan Allen went out to Fort Ticonderoga late a night. They took weapons and even some cannons! -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
During The Battle of Bunker Hill, the colonists attempted to charge up the Hill multiple times. The British killed over 1000 minutemen. This Battle showed that the Colonists could hold their ground against the British. -
The Second Continental Congress proposes the Olive Branch
The Olive Branch was a peace treaty that would put the Colonists at peace with the British. King George immediately rejected the idea and said that they had already committed treason to the King and they would all have their heads hanged if they lost the war. -
Common Sense was Published by Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine published a work of art he had been working on for a while. He had talked about many things in his document, one being not having "self rule" government forces. -
The Declaration of Independence was wrote
A Young Man named Thomas Jefferson started writing what would give us independence over King George and the British. It is the most famous document in American History -
The Declaration of Independence was Signed
After Thomas Jefferson had finished writing the Declaration of Independence. He and 55 other delegates had signed this. -
The Battle of Sarotoga
This was the turning point after the colonists took a stunning victory over the British. -
The Colonists Alliance with the French
The Colonists showed the French that they could beat the British, they just needed the French to finish it off with them. The French started to send supplies to them but later started sending soldiers and generals like Marquis de Lafayette. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the final battle in the American Revolutionary War. The colonists charged at General Cornwallis, causing them of defeat and retreat. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Colonists and the British met up in Paris to sign this treaty of peace. This was the declaration of the United States being a free country.