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Proclamation of 1763
Made it so the settlers could not cross the appalachian mountains. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars -
Boston tea party
Was an event where the colonists uprose to stop from being over charged on taxes -
Lexington and Concord
The first battles of the war,About 700 British Army regulars, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, were given secret orders to capture and destroy military supplies that were reportedly stored by the Massachusetts militia at Concord -
Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold overcame a small British garrison at the fort and looted the personal belongings of the garrison. Cannons and other armaments from the fort were transported to Boston and used to fortify Dorchester Heights and break the standoff at the Siege of Boston. -
Bunker Hill
British generals were planning to send troops out from the city to occupy the unoccupied hills -
Publishing of Common Sense
Shows independance for the colonist's -
Dorchester Heights
decisive action early in the American Revolutionary War that precipitated the end of the siege of Boston and the withdrawal of British troops from that city. -
Declaration of Independence
A Declaration that told other country's about the 13 colonies -
Trenton
After a brief battle, nearly the entire Hessian force was captured, with negligible losses to the Americans. The battle significantly boosted the Continental Army's flagging morale, and inspired reenlistments. -
Princeton
That night, he evacuated his position, circled around General Lord Cornwallis' army, and went to attack the British garrison at Princeton. -
Valley Forge
it was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. It was here that the Continental army was desperately against the ropes -
Olive Branch Petition
It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. -
Battles of Saratoga
conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American War of Independence and are generally regarded as a turning point in the war. Two battles were fought eighteen days apart on the same ground, -
Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Yorktown, German Battle or Surrender at Yorktown, the latter taking place on October 19, 1781, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops -
Treaty of Paris 1783
War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America
