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Treaty of Paris 1763
Formally ending the French and Indian War between England, France, and Spain. This began an era of British dominace outside of Europe.- Wikipedia The war was because of the french moving into the Ohio River valley. The Treaty of Paris gave Britatin more land in North America. - History.com -
Proclamation of 1763
Banned settlers from passing the Appalachian Mountains to organize the American colonies stabilize relations with Native Americans. -Wikipedia The Proclamation was to help keep peace with the indians becasue they felt like the colonists would take more land the farther they moved west. Also the King thought it would be easier to mantain control of the colonists if they were in a smaller area. -ushistory.org -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act placed taxes on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped into the colonies. It also placed harsh punishments on smugglers. The colonists thought the tax was unfair because they were not represented in Parliament. - American History textbook
The Act was passed to raise money for the protection of the colonies. -Wikipedia -
Stamp Act
This Act put tax on all paper used in the colonies, all the paper had to have a official stamp saying that tax was paid on it. The money was suppost to help pay the cost to defend the colonists. - HIstory.org The Act put tentions between Britain and her colonies, unlike the Sugar Act this Act placed taxes on all of the colonists without them having a voice in Parliament.- American History textbook -
Boston Massacre
The British soldiers soldiers were underpaid so they hired themselves out as workers and often took colonists jobs. They also often got into small fights with street youth and dockworkers. -American History textbook Dockworkers got into a fight with British soldiers and threw things at the soldiers. One of the soldiers fired a shot and the rest followed suit, at the end five colonists were dead.- Wikipedia -
Tea Act
The British kept the Tea Act to show that they still had the power to tax the colonists. The Act made the colonists buy english tea and it had to be taxed, most colonists drank tea. -American History textbook Part of the reason for the Act was to help the East India Company reduce it's huge surplus of tea. -Wikipedia -
Boston Tea Party
In responce to the Tea Act the Sons of Liberty dresses up as indians and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Horbor. American History textbook The Boston Tea Party was a nonviolent political protest on the Tea Act which violated their rights as englishmen. This was a key event because is caused Britain to pass more laws which would lead to the Revolution. -Wikipedia -
Intolerable Acts
Were made to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party and to act as a warning to the other colonists. It wa called the Coercive Acts but they were so harsh that the colonists called them the Intolerable Acts. -American History textbook Britain thought that these Acts would stop the colonist from revolting. -Wikipedia -
1st Continental Congress
Delegates from every colony exept for Georgia met to uphold their rights. They votes on a trade ban with England untill the Intolerable Acts were repealed and also votes that every colony should start training a militia. Georgia was part of the actions but did not send any delegates. -American History textbook The Congress consisted of 56 members from all 13 colonies exept Georgia. -Wikipedia -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
General Gage learned that the militia's were storing arms in Concord and that some revolutionary leaders were in
Lexington, on the 18th Gage ordered his troops to arrest Adams and Hancock and destroy the arms supply. 4,000 militiamen came and attacked the British in Concord. This was the fist battle of the revolution. -American History textbook The first shot was fired on Lexington and the British pushed to Concord where they were under heavy fire all the way back to Boston. -Wikipedia -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was a cost-saving measure that made colonist help house British soldiers and provide them with needed supplies. Keeping 10,000 soldiers in the colonies would cost money which became the Sugar Act. -American History textbook Colonists were required to pay for the soldiers housing and supplies, some colonists thought this was not fair to them and refused to abide by the Act. Wikipedia -
2nd Continental Congress
The 2nd Continental Congress formed the Continental Army and choose George Washington to command it. They also authorized the printing of money to pay the troops, began to act like a government. They sent the Olive Branch Petition to England as a last attempt at peace. -American History textbook On July 8th Georgia sent delegets to the Congress. -Wikipedia -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The militiamen were camped on Breed's Hill and the British attacked and pushed them back to Bunker Hill and then back farther. The British won the battle but the colonists thought they fought well with over 1,000 British dead or hurt and around 400 militia dead or hurt. -American History textbook The battle showed that the colonists would and could fight with the British. -Wikipedia -
American Crisis by Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine wrote a series of pamphlets called "American Crisis" to boost troop morale. - American History textbook "American Crisis" had 16 pamphlets in total written from 1776 to 1783. Thomas Paine signed the pamphlets with the name Common Sense. Wikipedia -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Was written by Thomas Paine a immigrant from England, he convinced many Americans that we needed to break ties with England. Common Sense also was a great tool to get people to join the Continental Army. -American History textbook Common Sense inspired people to fight for independence. -Wikipedia -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration was written by Thomas Jefferson because the was a great writter and he was from Virginia and independence would not pass without the help of Virginia. The Delaration disolved all political connections between the colonies and Britain. -American History textbook It listed why they were breaking away from Briatin and how they had tried to not start a war to the other countries of the world. -Wikipedia -
Battle of Brooklyn
The Battle of Brooklyn was the first major battle after we declared independence. It also gave Britain control of the major city of New York. The Battle of Brooklyn was the largest battle in terms of soldiers in the whole war. Washington wanted to use New Yorks harbor for his navy but Britain took it from him. - Wikipedia -
Battle of Trenton
Washingtons troops needed a moral bost and were almost done with their enlistments. They attacked late on Christmas and killed over 900 Hessians and gained much needed supplies. - American History textbook After a breif battle the Continental Army had killed or captured the entire Hessian army, this boosted troop morale. -Wikipedia -
Battles of Saratoga
The British were trying to to to Albany New York but the militiaman held them at Saratoga and had repeated battles with them there. The British finally surrendered the whole army that was there. -American History textbook The Americans being able to make a whole British army surrender convinced the French to help the Americans. -Wikipedia -
Winter at Valley Forge
The Americans camped at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-1778, they were forced there by the British General Howe. The Americans did not have enough supplies at Valley Forge so about one fourth of the army died there. - American History textbook Washington moved his troops there after the Battle of White Marsh. -Wikipedia -
Battle of Yorktown
General Cornwallis was camped out in Yorktown on a peninsula in Chesapeake Bay. Washington came down and trapped them on the peninsula from land and the French navy came and blocked Chesapeake Bay. They attacked the city with cannon fire and on October 19 Cornwallis surrendered 8,000 troops. -American History textbook This was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War and caused the British government to negotiate a peace treaty. -Wikipedia -
Treaty of Paris 1783
The Americans won the war so they had favotable terms in the Treaty of Paris 1783 and they had six signing conditions. 1. The U.S.A. was indepentent 2. Its boundaries were the Mississippi, Canada, and Flordia 3. They could fish off of Canada's coast 4. Each side would repay debts 5. The British would return all captured soldiers 6. Congress would ask for Loyalists property back. - American History textbook
