history

By danielledale1

  • french and indian war

    1. fought between england and france. 2. fought over control of north american territories. 3. the start of the war was a result of indians led by george washington killing a french officer.

  • treaty of paris

    1. ended the french and indian war. 2. england was dtermined to be the victor of this war. 3. france loses all of its north american claims. england claims all land west to the mississippi river and north through canada.

  • proclamation of 1763

    1. this prevented conlonist from moving west of the appalachian mountian. 2. created to stabalize relations between the native americans and the british empire. 3. this became the first problem between the coloinst and "mother" england. the colonist didnt like being told what to do.

  • sugar act of 1764

    1. this was a tax on sugar and moslasses. 2. this act was establishes as a way of creating revenue for the british kingdom after the french and indian war. 3. this incident increased the colonist' concerns about the intent of the british parliament and helped the growing movement that became the american revolution.

  • stamp act 1765

    1. this tax placed a tax on all paper goods including wills and newspaper. 2. the result of the act was protests and anger by may colonist. this led to a boycott of the stamped paper goods. 3. as a result of the boycott and anti-british sentiment in the colonies. parliment formally repeals the stamp act.

  • writs of assistance 1767

    1.a written order issued by a court talking about the law enforcement official. 2.used to enforce an order for the possesion of land. 3. first authorized by an act of the English Parliament

  • Boston Massacre 1770

    1. British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others. 2. Amid ongoing tense relations between the population and the soldiers, a mob formed around a British sentry, who was subjected to verbal abuse and harassment. 3. The event is widely viewed as foreshadowing the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War five years later.

  • Quartering Act 1770

    1. ordered the local governments of the American colonies to provide housing and provisions for British soldiers. 2. They were amendments to the Mutiny Act, which had to be renewed annually by Parliament. 3. Originally intended as a response to problems that arose during Britain's victory in the Seven Years War .

  • Tea Act 1773

    1. would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. 2. It was designed to prop up the East India Company which was floundering financially and burdened with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea. 3. Cargoes of tea filled the harbor, and the British ship's crews were stalled in Boston looking for work and often finding trouble. This situation led to the Boston Tea Party.

  • Boston Tea Party 1773

    1. Officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. 2. The Tea Party was the culmination of a resistance movement throughout British America against the Tea Act, which had been passed by the British Parliament in 1773. 3. The crisis escalated, and the American Revolutionary War began near Boston in 1775.

  • Intolerable Acts 1774

    1. After the French and Indian War the British Government decided to reap greater benefits from the colonies. The colonies were pressed with greater taxes without any representation in Britain. 2. This eventually lead to the Boston Tea Party. 3. In retaliation the British passed several punative acts aimed at bringing the colonies back into submission of the King.

  • 1st contental congress

    1. convention of people from 12 British North American colonies. 2.It was called in response of the Intolerable Act.
    2. The Congress was attended by 55 members choosen by the legislatures of 12 of the Thirteen Colonies.

  • Lexington 1775

    1.the citizens of Lexington did not drag their feet on the way to revolution but made the most of every opportunity to assert and defend the hard-won inheritance of their ancestors. Moreover, Lexington was not rent by factions and troubled by the local animosities that so disturbed the peace in Concord. 2.Supported by a community that had longed challenged British authority and fomented rebellion, the militia on Lexington’s common stood in, and for, unity.3.political, religious characteristics.

  • Concord 1775

    1. defeated the colonists at Lexington, the British marched to Concord to complete their task. 2. There are estimates that the Patriot army had between 4,000 and 10,000 men by the time they reached Boston late that night.3. The war ended after the British loss at Yorktown and then after the Peace Treaty of Paris was signed, the colonies finally became independent from England.

  • 2nd Continental Congress 1775

    1. The first meeting convened on May 10, 1775. 2. This was after the battles at Lexington and Concord on April 19th. 3. They made decisions when and where to attack the British and how to protect themselves. They issued paper money and set up a system where the government would borrow money from their citizens and pay it back with interest.

  • Ft. Ticonderoga 1775

    1. Occurred during the American Revolutionary War on May 10. 2. Ethan Allen and his men eventually drifted away from Ticonderoga, especially once the alcohol began to run out, and Arnold largely controlled affairs from a base at Crown Point. 3. Ticonderoga and Crown Point captured by New England militia.

  • Bunker hill 1775

    1. While the British drove the Americans from the Charlestown peninsula it was with heavy loss. The battle was at the time considered to be an American defeat but has since been lifted to the ranks of a heroic stands against forces of oppression. 2. With the outbreak of the war General Gage, the British commander in chief, found himself blockaded in Boston by the American Continental Army, occupying the hills to the West of the city. 3. A second attack was launched along the Americans.

  • Common sense 1776

    1. Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. 2. 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. 3. Common Sense advocated an immediate declaration of independence, postulating a special moral obligation of America to the rest of the world.

  • Battle of New York 1776

    1. Over a period of six weeks, British troop strength was increased so that it number over 32,000 by the end of August. 2. August 22, General Howe, the British commander, began transporting troops across the bay from Staten Island to Long Island. 3. October 28th, the British troops captured Chattertons Hill, to the right of American lines. Washington soon withdrew to New Castle, and Howe did not follow.

  • Declaration of independence 1776

    1. The Declaration summarized the colonists’ motivations for seeking their independence. 2. Throughout the 1760s and early 1770s, the North American colonists found themselves increasingly at odds with British imperial policies regarding taxation and frontier policy. 3. The Declaration’s most important diplomatic effect was to allow for recognition of the United States by friendly foreign governments.

  • Battle of Trenton 1776

    1. The battle was a resounding physical and moral victory for Washington and his American troops. 2. Washington had some 2,400 men from Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York. 3. The Hessian commander Colonel Rahl had been ordered to construct defence works around the town but had not troubled to do so.

  • Battle of Princeton 1777

    1. Americans against the British 2. The Americans outmanoeuvred the British and escaped Cornwallis’ encircling move, although the troops of Mawhood’s two regiments, the 17th and 55th Foot, must be considered the heroes of the battle. 3. Cornwallis and Major General Grant were at Princeton with 8,000 British troops and artillery and about to advance upon him.

  • Battle of Saratoga 1777

    1. The turning point in the Revolutionary War. 2. Separately, the British that were traveling North from New York City under the command of General Howe, decided to veer from the plan and ‘take’ Philadelphia join forces with Burgoyne. 3. This defeat at Bemis Heights forced Burgoyne to withdraw north to camps in and around the present Village of Schuylerville. Burgoyne surrendered on October 17, 1777, in what would later be named Victory NY.

  • Winter at Valley Forge 1777-1778

    1. On December 19, 1777 Washington led somewhere between 10,000 to 12,000 troops to the site of their winter encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. 2. Despite the brutal conditions, Washington used the months at Valley Forge to improve his army. 3. The elevated level of military discipline proved invaluable for the remainder of the war.

  • Battle of Yorktown 1781

    1. Americans and French against the British. 2. The Americans and French won. 3. The Americans and French marched out of Williamsburg and arrived before Yorktown on 28th September 1781, forming a semi-circle around the entrenchments and putting the British under siege.

  • Treaty of Paris 1783

    1. This treaty, signed between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation. 2. The three American negotiators, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay, 3. The last page bears the signatures of David Hartley, who represented Great Britain, and the three American negotiators, who signed their names in alphabetical order.