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Treaty of Paris 1763
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian war. -
Proclamation Line
The proclaation line of 1763 was issued by King George III after the end of the French and Indian War. The line was established to forbid all settlers from crossing the Appalacian Mountains and to organize Great Britain's new North American empire. -
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Suagr/Stamp/Quartering/Townshend/Intolerable Acts
These acts were established towards the colonists tby the British o try to get them to help them pay off their war debt. The Acts placed taxes on the production of forein products and colonial exports in order to detur smuggling, required all legal documents, newspapers and pamphlets to use watermarked, or 'stamped' paper on which a tax was placed, required colonists to pay for supplies for British troops, taxed tea, glass, lead, paper and paint, and punished MA for the Boston Massacre. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre occurred when Britain had sent soldiers into Boston. The Bostonians were not happy and on Marh 5, 1770, a couple of them lashed out and began throwing snowballs and cursing at the soldiers. Before long, others began to join in and shots were fired from the British soldiers. Colonists overreacted and blamed the fight entirely on the soldiers when they were actually the ones to provolk it. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was the Colonists getting back at the British for all the reduculous, unfair taxes and acts. The colonists were sick of paying taxes, especially on tea at the time, and so they boarded a ship delivering tea to the Boston harbor and dumped all of the tea overboard. -
1st Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress was established on September 5, 1774. The point of the Continental Congress was for the colonial delegates meet in order to organise opposition to the Intolerable Acts. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first engagements of the Revolutionary War between the British troops and the American Colonists. Paul Revere warned the colonist soldiers of the attack, riding through the village shouting "the British are coming!" The Americans won this war. -
2nd Continental Congress
The second Continental Congree was established in May of 1775. The congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was the first major battle of the War of Independence. Sir William Howe dislodged William Prescott's forces overlooking Boston at a cost of 1100 British casualties to the Americans' 300-400. Despite this, the battle was still considered a british victory. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Brnach Petition was congress endorsing a proposal asking for recognition of American rights and the ending of the Intolerable Acts in exchange for a cease fire. King George III rejects the proposal. -
Declaration of Independence
The Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, what we now celebrate as "Independence Day" in America. The Declaration of Independence was wirtten by Thomas Jefferson who, in the document, wrote that people have the right to live, the right to be free, and the right to seek happiness. The Declaration explains why the colonies should break away from Britain. It says that people have rights that cannot be taken away, and lists the complaints against the king. -
Common Sense/Crisis
Thomas Paine wrote the Crisis on December 23, 1776. The Crisis Paine wrote of his support for an independent and self-governing America during the trials of the American Revolution in 1776. He wrote Common Sense on January 9, 1776. Common Sense was written to prepare and excite the colonists for war against Britian, which he initially submitted anonymously in Philadelphia. -
Battle of Trenton/Princeton
On December 25 1776, General George Washington’s army crossed the icy Delaware and over the next 10 days, won two crucial battles in the American Revolution. On January 2, 1777 the battle of Princetone began. During this battle, General George Washington's revolutionary forces defeated British forces near Princeton, New Jersey. -
Battle of Saratoga
During the battle of Saratoga, lacking supplies, 5700 British, German and loyalist forces under Major General John Burgoyne surrender to Major General Horatio Gates. The was the turning point in the Revolutionary War. -
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Battles of Camden/Kings Mountain/Cowpens
On August 16, 1780, the Battle of Camden began. British forces led by Lord Cornwallis routed the American forces about 5 miles north of Camden, strengthening the British hold on the Carolinas following the capture of Charleston. On October 7, 1780 the battle at Kings Mountain took place. The battle took place 9 miles south of the present day Kings Mountain. Finally, on January 17, 1781, the battle of Cowpens occured, it was a turning point in the reconquest of South Carolina from the British. -
Battle of Yorktown
General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. The British forces finally surrender under Cornwallis on October 19, 1781. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 was the document that officially ended the American Revolutionary war. The treaty was approved on April 15, 1783 and was signed on September 3, 1783 by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay. This treaty said that Britian recognized the independent nation of the United Stated of America.
