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The American Revolution
The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America -
French and Indian War ENDS
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR ENDS:
Americans, backed by seasoned British troops, won the French and Indian War in 1763.
The high cost of fighting in America and abroad, where the conflict is known as The Seven Years War, changed the way Parliament and King George III viewed the colonies. The British now expected the burgeoning colonies to pay their own way. Colonists expect the British Army to disband, but George has other ideas. He intended to maintain, at the colonists expense, the largest standing -
ROYAL PROCLAMATION OF 1763
was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War. The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and to contain relations with Native Americans through regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases. -
The Sugar Act
intended to raise revenues, and the Currency Act (September 1), limiting the colonies from issuing paper money, are passed by Parliament. These Acts, coming during the economic fail that followed the French and Indian War, are resented by the colonists and lead to protests. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was a declaration by the British Parliament in 1766 which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act of 1765. The government repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal and save face. The declaration stated that Parliament's authority was the same in America as in Britain and asserted Parliament's authority to make binding laws on the American colonies. -
Stamp Act
To help defray the cost of keeping troops in America, Parliament enacts the Stamp Act, imposing a tax on many types of printed materials used in the colonies. -
The quatering act
Parliament establishes (March 24) the Quartering Act, forcing the Colonies to provide housing, food, and other provisions to British troops. The act is resisted in most of the colonies. In 1767 and again in 1769, Parliament suspended the governor and legislature of New York for failure to comply. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, called the Boston Riot by the English, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British redcoats killed five civilian men. British troops were injured and killed aswell. British troops had been stationed in Boston since 1768 in order to support crown-appointed colonial officials attempting to establish unpopular legislation. -
Samauel Adams organizes the committees of corrispondence
The Committees of Correspondence were governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the beginning of American Revolution. They coordinated responses to Britain and shared their plans; by 1773 they had emerged as underground governments, superseding the colonial legislature and royal officials. The Maryland Committee of Correspondence was key in setting up the First Continental Congress, which was in Philadelphia -
Tea Act
This act was a reply to the depleating of the dutch east india company of tea which was a source of wealth for thr british, as a result the british kingdom only allows tea from this company for sale in the colonies, damaging the economy of the economies and limiting their ability to recieve income. -
Formation of the sons of liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a political group made up of American patriots that originated in the risindependence North American British colonies. The group was formed to protect the rights of the colonists from the intolerable by the British government after 1766. They are best known for undertaking the Boston Tea Party in 1773, which led to the Intolerable Acts (an intense crackdown by the British government), and a counter reaction by the Patriots that led to the American Revolution. -
Quebec Act
AN ACT for making effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America. -
Bunker Hill
On the night of June 16, 1775, a detail of American troops acting under orders from Artemas Ward moved out of their camp, carrying picks, shovels, and guns. They entrenched themselves on a rise located on Charleston Peninsula overlooking Boston. Their destination: Bunker Hill. -
"Common Sense"
Thomas's "Common Sense" is published
The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain. -
Treaty Of paris
February of 1783 George III issued his Proclamation of Cessation of Hostilities, culminating in the Peace Treaty of 1783. Signed in Paris on September 3, 1783, the agreement — also known as the Paris Peace Treaty — formally ended the United States War for Independence.
