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Revolution Review

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  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    Signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War. The signing of this treaty formally ended the Seven Year's War.

  • Proclamation Line

    Proclamation Line
    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 Year's War. The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and to stabilize relations with Native North Americans through regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier.
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    Sugar Act

    This was a tax that the British passed on molasses, wine and sugar.
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    Stamp Act

    An act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.
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    Quarting Act

    This was an act stating that if there was no room in the barracks, british soldiers were to beb placed in families homes and inns and the people were responsible for clothing, feeding and anything else that the soldiers needed.
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    Townshend Act

    This was a tax on merchant's materials to raise money for british leaders. This included red paint and china.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770. It was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The Boston Tea Party (initially referred to by John Adams as "the Destruction of the Tea in Boston") was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston.
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    1st Continental Congress

    The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774.
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    Intolerable Acts

    This act took place after the Boston Tea Party to punish the mass. This act closed Boston Harbor and the ports.

  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War.
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    2nd Continental Congress

    The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War.

  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition
    The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, in a final attempt to avoid a full-on war between the Thirteen Colonies that the Congress represented, and Great Britain.

  • Common Sense

    Common Sense
    Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    The Declaration of Independence announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.

  • The Crisis

    The pamphlet, read aloud to the Continental Army on December 23, 1776, attempted to bolster morale and resistance among patriots, as well as shame neutrals and loyalists toward the cause

  • Battle of ]renton

    Battle of ]renton
    In the Battle of Trenton, Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing.

  • Battle of Princeton

    Battle of Princeton
    The Battle of Princeton was a battle in which General George Washington's revolutionary forces defeated British forces near Princeton, New Jersey.

  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    On October 17, 1777 Burgoyne’s troops surrendered to Gates at Battle of Saratoga. This was the biggest victory yet for American Forces and turning point of the war.

  • Battle of Cowpens

    Battle of Cowpens
    The Battle of Cowpens was a decisive victory by the Continental Army forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War over the British Army led by Colonel Banastre Tarleton.

  • Battle of Camden

    Battle of Camden
    The Battle of Camden was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War.

  • Battle of King's Mountain

    Battle of King's Mountain
    The Battle of Kings Mountain was a decisive victory for the Patriot militia over the Loyalist militia in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    The Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Yorktown, Surrender at Yorktown or German Battle, the latter taking place on October 19, 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British lord and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis.

  • Treaty of Paris 1783

    Treaty of Paris 1783
    Congress ratified preliminary articles of peace ending the Revolutionary War with Great Britain on April 15, 1783. On September 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed, bringing the Revolutionary War to its final conclusion.